Nervous System Flashcards
Anatomic division:
CNS
PNS
Anatomic division:
brain and spinal cord
CNS
Anatomic division:
nerves outside CNS and associated ganglia
PNS
Functional division:
Sensory
Motor (somatic and autonomic)
Two types of cell:
Nerve cells (neurons)
Glial (neuroglial) cells
Two types of cell:
conduct impulses
Nerve cells (neurons)
Two types of cell:
support, nurture, protect neurons
Glial (neuroglial) cells
Connective tissue investments:
Epineurium
Perineurium
Endoneurium
the layer of fibrous dense connective tissue (fascia) that forms the external coat of the nerves.
Epineurium
surrounds each bundle of nerve fibers (fascicle).
Perineurium
is a thin layer of reticular fibers, produced mainly by Schwann cells, that surrounds individual nerve fibers.
Endoneurium
CELLS:
NEURONS
NEUROGLIAL CELLS
Cell body, multiple dendrites, single axon
NEURONS
Morphologic classification of Neurons
Unipolar, bipolar, multipolar, pseudounipolar
Functional classification of Neurons
Sensory, interneurons, Motor
Astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, Schwann cells, microglia, ependymal cells
NEUROGLIAL CELLS
large, spherical, and pale staining and is centrally located, abundant euchromatin and a large nucleolus (owl-eye nucleus)
nucleus
nucleus, cytoplasmic organelles and inclusions, cytoskeletal components
Neuronal cell body (soma, perikaryon)
_____ receive stimuli from sensory cells, axons, or other neurons and convert these signals into small electrical impulses (action potentials) that are transmitted toward the soma
Dendrites
arborized terminals (except in bipolar neurons)
Dendrites
Lack golgi complex in cytoplasm
Dendrites
Organelles are reduced in number or absent near the terminals except for mitochondria which are abundant
Dendrites
_____ conduct impulses away from the soma to the axon terminals without any diminution in their strength.
AXONS