nervous system Flashcards
sensory neurons
used to detect any senses
motor neurons
CNS to muscles and glands, allows for Motor coordination and movement
the somatic nervous system is
controlled
the autonomic nervous system is
uncontrolled, involuntary
- Fight/Flight (sympathetic)
- Rest/Digest (parasympathetic)
reflexes
- sensory neurons (BRING INFO IN), circuit (Simple neuron circuit), motor neurons (COORDINATE MOVEMENT), interneuron (BRIDGES SENSORY+MOTOR)
- stimulus fires, where the sensory neurons sense and carry signals to the CNS and then passes to the motor neurons
is the brain required to regulate the control reflexes
- brain isn’t required to control most reflexes
- signals never go to the brain
spinal cord and reflexes connection
- spinal cord controls reflexes
- sensory neurons sends impulse to spinal cord
- spinal cord directly impulse to motor neuron
- doesn’t involve the brain
- REFLEX ARCS DON’T INVOLVE SIGNALS TRAVELLING TO THE BRAIN
what are pumps used for
allowing ions to move down along their concentrations
K wants to flood out (3K+)
Na wants to flood in (2Na+)
What is Chlorine used for
neurotransmission,but don’t move around much
resting membrane potential
imbalance of ions across the cell membrane of neurons, MORE Na OUTSIDE THE CELL THAN K+ INSIDE THE CELLS
- the balance is maintained by Na/K pump
- DIFF IN ELECTRICAL CHARGE BC OF THE ION CONCENTRATION
Graph for resting membrane potential terminology
1) Stimulus: Na+ leaks channels open, Na+ rushes IN to axon, number of interconnections and na+ depends on stimulus
2) threshold: if enough Na+ enters Na+ voltage gates open triggering an all or anything event, If not enough Na+ enters the membrane
- RESETS TO RP
(peak whether or not threshold is achieved)
3) Depolarization: voltage gated Na+ channels, open up via the positive feedback actions, Na+ rushes into axon along concentration gradient, membrane potential becomes positive
4) Hyperpolarization: K+ gates shut, na/k pumps kick in to RESET resting potential, 3 Na+ out 2K+ in
- axon enters a refractory period
5) Resting potential 2: K+ floods out of the axon along concentration gradient, loss of ve ions returns membrane potential back to being negative feedback loop
- eventually, Na/K concentration are flipped completely
how are voltage gated channels opened
by a difference in voltage
anaesthetics work by…(lidocaine for ex)
make the sodium gates open or prevent them from opening, essentially freezing the gates they can do this by depolarizing it and preventing voltage gates from opening
In response to a signal, the SOMA end of the axon….
becomes depolarized
actions potential: myelinated vs unmyelinated
- myelin: insulates and speeds up reaction
- unmyelinated neuron can lose some energy, takes more time (and especially If its long) signal can be lost
- signal jumps between nodes of ranvier (faster)
graded/ungraded
graded- stimuli
ungraded-action potential
diff levels of reflexes
- diff thresholds
Summation
- many neurons are part of networks that excite and inhibit signals from being sent
- EPSP: signals that are excitatory
- IPSP: signals from neurons that are inhibitory
- the balance of these determines the strength of the graded potential, and whether threshold is reached
not hitting thresholds means
not hitting threshold, no opening of voltage gated channels= no action potential opening
(creates graded potential)
part of the neuron, after the synapse
dendrite, changing membrane potential via graded potential: triggered by ntm binding