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Nervous System Flashcards

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The nervous system consists of 3 parts

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  • Central Nervous system (CNS) which includes the brain and spinal cord
  • The peripheral nervous system (PNS), which includes neruons outside the CNS and, cranial and spinal nerves that connect the brain and spinal cord with peripheral structures
  • Automatic nervous system (ANS), which has parts in both the CNS and PNS and consists of neurones that innervate smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, glandular epithelium, or combinations of these tissues
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The neural tube differentiators into the ________, consisting of ________

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CNS

brain and spinal cord

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Neural crest gives rise to

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Cells that form most of the PNS and ANS, consisting of cranial, spinal, and autonomic ganglia, and many other structures

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The nervous system develops from the

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Neural plate

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The notochord and practical mesenchyme induce _____ to differentiate into the ______

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Overlying ectoderm

Neural plate

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Signalling molecules used to induce neural tube

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TGF-Beta family

Shh

BMP

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Molecular signals for brain development are initiated at the neural plate stage:

What established sensory and motor regions

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BMPS establish sensory regions

Shh established motor regions

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BMPS AND SHH are released in ______ gradients

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Opposite

Ventral has more shh
Dorsal has more BMP

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Shh is secreted by the _____ and the ______ in the neural tube

BMP’s are secreted by the ______ of the neural tube

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Notochord
Floorplate

Roofplate

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Neurulation

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Formation of the neural plate and neural tube begins in 3rd week

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Neural tube formation begins in the ___ week and is complete by the end of the ____ week

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3rd

4th

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The cranial opening of the neural tube _______ closes on approximately the ___ day while the ______ closes on the ____ day

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Anterior neural pore or rostral

25th

Caudal neuropore or posterior neural pore

27th

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Neural tube closure established the

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CNS

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The walls of the neural tube thicken to form the ________

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Brain and spinal cord

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Neural canal forms

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  • ventricular system if the brain (anterior)

- central canal of the spinal cord (posterior)

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Cells of the wall of the neural tube (neuroepithelial) proliferate and the _______ decreases

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Lumen

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Neuroepithelial cells produce 3 types of cells….

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Histogenesis of cells in the CNS

  1. Neuroblast (form neurons)
    - apolar
    - bipolar
    - unipolar
  2. Glioblast (spongioblast) which become
    Macroglia: Atroblast and Oligodendroblast
  3. Ependyma (cells remaining next to neural canal)

Happens in this order

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Microglial cells are derived from ________ and serve as

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Mesenchymal cells that invade the developing nervous system with blood vessels

Immune response cells

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Walls of neural tube differentiate into 3 layers:

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  • inner ventricular layer
  • intermediate layer
  • outer marginal layer
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Where in the neural tube wall are the 3 types of neuroepithelial cells

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  • ependymal cells remain in ventricular layer
  • neuroblasts and glioblasts complete differentiation in the intermediate layer
  • marginal zone is outer parts of neurons and also glial cells
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Development of spinal cord

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  • neural tube caudal to the 4th pair of somites develops into the spinal cord
  • lateral walls of the neural tube thicken, gradually reducing the size of the neural canal until only a minute central canal of the spinal cord is present at 9-10 weeks.
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Spinal cord develops from the _____ parts of the _____

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Caudal

Neural tube

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Roof and floor of neural tube are

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Thin plates

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Side walls of neural tube thicken and the ______ separate the side walls into

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Sulcus separates

Dorsal (alar) plates

Ventral (basal) plates

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Alar plates become the __________

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Dorsal horns of gray matter

  • neuron cell bodies are in the intermediate layer. The marginal layer becomes the white matter
  • have afferent/ sensory function
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2/3 of neural tube becomes ____

1/3 becomes _____

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Brain

Spinal cord

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Neuron function different based on dorsal/ ventral aspect

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-afferent/sensory (grow into alar plates) dorsal=BMP

-efferent/ motor (grow out of basal plate)
Ventral=shh

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The intermediate layer of the neural tube is also called the

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Mantle

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Unipolar neurons in the spinal ganglia (dorsal root ganglia) are derived from

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Neural crest cells

30
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The axons of cells in the spinal ganglia are first _____, but the two processes soon untie in a _______ fashion

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Bipolar

T-shaped

31
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Neural crest cells give rise to

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Dorsal root ganglia (cell bodies of sensory neurons)

32
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Peripheral processes are in _____

Central processes enter spinal cord as ______

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Spinal nerves

Dorsal root of spinal nerve and enter dorsal horn of grey matter

33
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Basal plates becomes the _______ and _______

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Lateral and ventral horns of grey matter

34
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Basal plates have an ____ function

35
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Axons of nerurons in ventral horn grow out of _______ and form ______

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Spinal cord

Ventral roots of spinal nerves

36
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Spinal nerve divides into dorsal and ventral _____

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Primary rami

  • dorsal primary rant Innervate the limbs, vertebral joints and the skin of the back
  • ventral primary ramy innervate the limbs and ventral body wall
37
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Development of the spinal Meninges

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  • mesenchyme surrounding the neural tube condensed to form a membrane called the primordial meninx or meninges
  • external layer of this membrane thickens to form the dura mater
  • internal layer (pia-arachnoid), composed of pia mater and arachnoid mater (leptomeninges), is derived from neural crest cells
  • cerebrospinal fluid begins to form during the 5th week
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When does CSF begin to form

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5 the week

39
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Pia-arachnoid (leptomeninges) is derived from

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Neural crest cells

40
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Positional changes of the spinal cord

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Because the vertebral column grows more rapidly than the spinal cord, the position of the spinal cord within the vertebral column changes

  • spinal cord comes to lie at progressively higher levels without the vertebral column
  • end at L1 in adult
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Myelination of Nerve fibres

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  • Begins during late fetal period and continues during first year after birth
  • in PNS, myelin is formed by Schwann cells (from neural crest)
  • in CNS, myelin is formed by Oligodendrocytes
  • tracks become functional when myelinated
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How does Myelin sheath speed up action potential

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  • insulation helps impulses to hop instead of moving in a straight line which is quicker.
  • nodes of ravier
43
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Development of the brain

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  • cranial part of the neural tube becomes the brain
  • neural tube dilates in the 4th week giving rise to 3 primary brain vesicles
  • forebrain (prosencephalon)
  • midbrain (mesencephalon)
  • hindbrain (rhombencephalon)
44
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What creates the dilations in developing brain

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-walls of neural tube expand rapidly

45
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During the ______ week, ___ secondary brain vesicles are formed as the ______ and ______ divide

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5

5

Forebrain

Hindbrain

46
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5 secondary vesicles

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Forebrain:

  • telencephalon
  • diencephalon

Midbrain

Hindbrain:

  • metencephalon
  • myelencephalon
47
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5 secondary vesicles and the adult derived structures

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Medulla-mylencephalon 
Pons and cerebellum-metencephalon 
Midbrain-mesocephalon 
Thalami-Diecephalon 
Cerebrum-Telencephalon
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Adults brain cavities and their derivatives

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Lateral ventricles from Telencephalon

Third ventricle from Diencephalon

Aqueduct from midbrain

Upper part of fourth ventricle from Metencephalon

Lower part of fourth ventricle from myelenchephalon

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The _________ demarcates the hindbrain from the spinal cord

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Cervical flexure

50
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The ______ divides the hindbrain into caudal - myelencephalon and rostral - metencephalon

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Pontine flexure

51
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The myelencephalon becomes the ______ and the metencephalon becomes the _______

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Medulla

Pons and cerebellum

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Regions of Medulla

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Medulla has 2 regions

  • caudal closed region
  • rostral open region
53
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Unlike those of the spinal cord, neuroblasts from the alar plates in the myelenchephalon migrate into the __________ and form ________

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Marginal zone

Isolated areas of gray matter

  • the gracile nuclei medically
  • cube ate nuclei laterally
54
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Neuroblasts in the closed region of the medulla

Open part of medulla

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The closed region of the medulla is similar in structure to the spinal cord.
-neuroblasts of alar plates form discrete nuclei (gracile nuclei and cube are nuclei)

Open part is wide and flat

  • motor nuclei lie medial to the sensory nuclei
  • neural canal becomes part of the 4th ventricle
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Neuroblasts in the alar plates of the medulla form neurons that are arranged in ______ Columns on each side. From medial to lateral they are:

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4

General visceral afferent: recurve impulses from the viscera

special visceral afferent: receiving taste fibres

General somatic afferent: receiving impulses from the surface of the head

Special somatic afferent: receive impulses from the ear

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Neuroblasts in the basal plates of the medulla, organize into ____ cell volume on each side. From medial to lateral, they are:

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3

General somatic efferent: neurons of the hypoglossal nerve

Special visceral efferent: neurons innervating muscles derived from the pharyngeal arches

General visceral efferent: neurons of the vagus and glossopharyngeal nerves

57
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The thin ependymal roof of the 4th ventricle is covered externally by

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Pia mater from mesenchyme

58
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The vascular membrane, together with the ependymal roof forms the _____ of the 4th ventricle

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Tela choroidea

59
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Because of the active proliferation of the pia mater, the _______invaginated the ________ where it differentiated into the _______

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Tela choroidea

4th ventricle

Choroid plexus

60
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What secretes ventricular fluid which becomes cerebral springlike fluid

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Choroid plexuses

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Development of the pons and cerebellum

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  • similar to open part of the medulla
  • alar plates thicken to form the cerebellum
  • neuroblasts migrate to the marginal zone forming the cerebellar cortex (grey matter)
  • pons consists of large bundles of fibres connecting the cerebrum to the cerebellum and spinal cord
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Midbrain develops from the

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Mesencephalon

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Development of the mesencephalon

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  • region undergoes the least amount of change and remains similar to the spinal cord
  • neuoblasts of alar plates migrate and form 2 pairs of nuclei-superior and inferior colliculi involved in visual and auditory reflexes respectively
  • neuron lasts of basal plates form several nuclei all with efferent functions
  • ventral aspect has 2 bulges called cerebral peduncles which are fibre tracts coming from the cerebrum
  • neural canal becomes the cerebral aqueduct
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Prosencephalon develops into the

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Diecephalon and telencephalon

Can’t identify alar and basal plates
Demarked by sulcus limitans but can’t see it here

65
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Diencephalon is ___ part of forebrain and gives rise to

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Caudal

Epithalamus

Thalamus and

Hypothalamus

66
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Neural canal becomes

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Third ventricle

67
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Pituitary gland develops from which tissues

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  • hypophysial diverticulum (roof of stomodeum)

- neurohypophysial diverticulum (floor of diencephalon)

68
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Telencephalon develops from the _____ most part of the ______ and becomes the ______

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Cranial

Forebrain

Cerebrum

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Cerebrum begins as a ______

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2 bubble like outgrowths called cerebral vesicles which will become the left and right cerebral hemispheres

  • as hemispheres expand the become c-shaped
  • neural canal becomes the lateral ventricles
  • cells of the intermediate layer migrate to the marg al layer giving rise to the cerebral cortex
70
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Surface of the cerebrum is initially _____ but as hemispheres grow, become ______

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Smooth

Convoluted (gyri and sulci)

71
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Red nucleus not known if

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Afferent or efferent

72
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Pars nervosa is derived from

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Neuropophysial diverticulum

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