nervous system 1.0 Flashcards
athering information
* To monitor changes occurring inside and
outside the body (changes = stimuli)
Sensory input
processing
* to process and interpret sensory input and
decide if action is needed.
Integration
response
* A response to integrated stimuli
* The response activates muscles or glands
Motor output
Central nervous system (CNS)
Brain
*Spinal cord
Peripheral nervous system (PNS)
Nerve outside the brain and spinal cord
Nerve fibers that carry information to the
central nervous system
sensory (afferent) division
Nerve fibers that carry impulses away from
the central nervous system
Motor (efferent) division
Somatic nervous system
voluntary
Autonomic nervous system
involuntary
Abundant, star-shaped cells
*Brace neurons
* Form barrier
between capillaries
and neurons
* Control the chemical
environment of
the brain (CNS)
Astrocytes
Spider-like phagocytes
* Disposal of debris
Microglia (CNS)
Line cavities of the
brain and spinal cord
* Circulate
cerebrospinal
fluid
Ependymal cells
(CNS)
Produce myelin
sheath around
nerve fibers in the
central nervous
system
Oligodendrocytes
(CNS)
Protect neuron cell bodies
Satellite cells
Form myelin sheath in the peripheral
nervous system
Schwann cells
nerve cells
*Cells specialized to transmit messages
Neurons
nucleus and metabolic
center of the cell
*Cell body
– fibers that extend from
the cell body (dendrites and axons)
Processes
conduct
impulses toward
the cell body
Dendrites
conduct
impulses away
from the cell
body
Axons
gap between adjacent
neurons
Synaptic cleft
junction between nerves
*Synapse
produce myelin
sheaths in jelly-roll
like fashion
Schwann cells
gaps in myelin
sheath along the
axon
Nodes of Ranvier
- Carry impulses from the sensory receptors
*Cutaneous sense organs
Sensory (afferent) neurons
detect stretch or tension
*Proprioceptors
*Found in neural pathways in the
central nervous system
*Connect sensory and motor
neurons
Interneurons (association
neurons)
many extensions
from the cell body
multipolar neurons
Carry impulses from the central nervous
system
Motor (efferent) neurons
one axon and one
dendrite
Bipolar neurons
ability to transmit an
impulse
Conductivity
receives
impulses from the body’s sensory
receptors
Somatic sensory area