NERVOUS SYSTEM Flashcards
It is a master control and communicating system of the body
NERVOUS SYSTEM
branch of medicine that specializes in diagnosing and treating nervous system disorders
NEUROLOGY
The mean of nervous system . Also known as “action potential” and “ electrical impulse”
Nerve impulse
What are the three functions of nervous system?
- Sensory function
- Intergration
- Motor function
It is the analysis and interpretation of sensory inputs and making decisions consciously and unconsciously
Intergration
This are the major organs for processing sensory inputs and initiating response
BRAIN and SPINAL CORD
This is the specific area of the brain and spinal cord which process particular inputs
Control center
It is sending of commands or motor outputs to activate effector organs
MOTOR FUNCTION
This includes the brain and spinal cord
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
Comprise sensory receptors and all nerves outside the CNS.
Relays information from CNS
Peripheral nervous system (PNS)
It convey impulses to the CNS from sensory receptors located in the various parts of the body
Sensory or afferent division
Associated with muscle , joint and skin
Somasensatory receptors
Found in eye, ear, nose and tounge
Special receptors
Found in internal organ
Autonomic sensory receptors
It carry impulses to the EFFECTOR ORGANS
MOTOR DIVISION
✓ regulates activities under
voluntary control
✓ initiates skeletal muscle
actions
SOMATIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
✓ regulates involuntary actions
(e.g. heart rate, BP, body temp.)
✓ involves cardiac muscle, smooth
muscle & glandular tissue
AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
supports “fight-or-flight” responses or emergency
actions
Sympathetic
supports “rest-anddigest” activities
PARASYMPATHETIC
• collective term for
supporting cells of the
nervous system
NEUROGLIA
✓ hold neurons in place
✓ regulate exchange of
substances to & from CNS
neurons
✓ form the blood–brain
barrier to protect neurons
ASTROCYTES
✓smallest & least abundant
neuroglia of the CNS
✓ protect against
microorganisms
✓ clear away debris of dead
cells
MICROGLIA
produce
cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) &
assist in its circulation
Ependymal cells
produce &
maintain fatty insulating
coverings called myelin
sheath
Oligodendrocytes