Nervous System Flashcards

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What 3 parts make up a neuron?

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  1. Cell body
  2. Dendrites
  3. Axon
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What do Dendrites do?

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Receptive part of the neuron cell. Respond to incoming signals.

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What do Axon’s do?

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  1. Send action potentials away to another tissue
  2. Have synaptic vesicles at the end which release neurotransmitters into synaptic cleft
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4
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What is a nerve?

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Bundle of axons (motor and sensory) in PNS (peripheral nervous system)

Ex. Sciatic nerve, radial nerve

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5
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What is a tract?

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Bundle of axons in CNS (central nervous system)

Ex. Brain and spinal cord - ex. lateral spinothalamic tract

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What is a ganglion?

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Cluster of cell bodies in peripheral nervous system i.e. doral root ganglion

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What are neuroglia?

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They are the supporting cells of the nervous system. Support neurons. Protect, nourish, remove debris from neurons.

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List the six type of neuroglia

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  1. Astrocytes - Form blood/brain barrier
  2. Oligodendrocytes - Form myelin in CNS
  3. Schwaan Cells - Form myelin in PNS
  4. Microglia
  5. Ependymal Cells
  6. Satelitte cells
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How does a neuron conduct action potential?

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  1. Na+ influx = depolarization
  2. K+ efflux = repolarization
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10
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What are the four main parts of the brain?

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  1. Cerebrum
  2. Cerebellum
  3. Diencephalon
  4. Brainstem
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How many hemispheres are in the cerebrum?

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Two

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What are the 4 lobes in each of the cerebrum hemispheres?

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  1. Frontal
  2. Temporal
  3. Parietal
  4. Occipital - visual cortex
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What is Wernicke’s area responsible for in the cerebrum?

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Understanding of written and spoken language

Injury causes fluent aphasia - they can respond, but they cannot understand the incoming language

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What is Broca’s area responsible for in the cerebrum?

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Speech output or speech production.

Injury causes expressive aphasia - they start speaking jibberish

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What is the cerebellum responsible for?

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It is responsible for coordination, equilibrium and proprioception

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16
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What does the Diencephalon contain?

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Thalamus
Hypothalamus
Pituitary Gland
Pineal Gland

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17
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What is the brainstem responsible for?

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Organ regulation

Involuntary - autonomic nervous system

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What are the three parts of the brainstem?

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  1. Midbrain (Superior)
  2. Pons
  3. Medulla Oblongata (Inferior)
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What are the steps of the motor pathway?

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  1. Primary Motor Cortex
  2. Pyramids of Medulla Oblongata
  3. Down the spinal cord via corticospinal/pyramidial tracts
  4. Anterior/Ventral horn
  5. Anterior/Central Root
  6. Spinal Nerve
  7. Peripheral Nerve
  8. Muscle
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20
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What is the neurotransmitter that stimulates the muscle to contract?

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Acetylcholine

21
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What is the name of the tract that carries motor impulses down the spinal cord?

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The Corticospinal tract or pyramidial tract

22
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Motor nerve impulses exit the spinal cord via which of the following:

A. The Ventral Root
B. Dorsal Root

A

A. The ventral root

23
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What is the neurotransmitter that motor neurons release?

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Acetylcholine

24
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Where do motor tracts cross?

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In the pyramids of the medulla oblongota

25
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What are the steps of the sensory pathway?

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  1. Peripheral receptor
  2. Peripheral nerve
  3. Spinal nerve
  4. Posterior/Dorsal Root
  5. Posterior Dorsal Horn
  6. Up Spinal cord via Spinothalamic Tract
  7. Thalamus (Relay Station)
  8. Somatosensory Cortex
26
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Where do tracts cross?

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  1. Corticospinal tracts cross in the pyramids of medulla oblongata
  2. Lateral Spinothalamic tract (pain and temperature) cross at the spinal cord level
27
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What makes up the central nervous system?

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The brain and the spinal cord

28
Q

What connective tissue protects the brain and the spinal cord?

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The Meninges

29
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What are the 3 layers of the Meninges?

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Pad
1. Pia Matar (deepest)
2. Arachnoid Matar
3. Dura Matar (most superficial, thickest, toughest)

30
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What layer of the meninges is the toughest, thickest, strongest?

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The Dura Matar

31
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How is Cerebrospinal Fluid formed?

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Choroid plexus (capillaries) in ventricles of the brain makes the Cerebrospinal Fluid

32
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How is the cerebrospinal fluid reabsorbed?

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Arachnoid villi

33
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What nerves attach directly to the CNS?

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  1. Spinal Nerves
  2. Cranial Nerves
34
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Which vertebrae is the spinal nerve named for?

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General Rule: If you are in the cervical spine the nerve will be above it’s corresponding vertebrae.

Ex. C1 nerve exits above C1 vertebrae.

Thoracic and lumbar spine - the nerve exits below the corresponding vertebrae.

Ex. T1 nerve exists below T1 vertebrae

35
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Olfactory Nerve - Cranial Nerve I

A

Sense of smell

36
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Optic Nerve - Cranial Nerve II

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Sense of vision

37
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Oculomotor Nerve - Cranial Nerve III

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Moves eye every other direction, raises eyelid, and constricts the pupil

38
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Trochlear Nerve - Cranial Nerve IV

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Moves eye down and in

39
Q

Which cranial nerves have to do with eye movement?

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Cranial Nerves, 3, 4, and 6

Oculomotor nerve - cranial nerve 3
Trochlear nerve - cranial nerve 4
Abducens nerve - cranial nerve 6

40
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Trigeminal Nerve - Cranial Nerve V

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Facial sensation, motor for mastication (chewing)

41
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Abducens Nerve - Cranial Nerve VI

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Moves eyeball laterally

42
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Facial Nerve - Cranial Nerve VII

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Motor for face (expression), Sensory for taste on anterior 2/3 of tongue

43
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Vestibulocochlear Nerve - Cranial Nerve VIII

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Hearing and equilibrium (inner ear)

44
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Glossopharyngeal Nerve - Cranial Nerve IX

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Motor for swallowing (pharynx) and sensory for taste on posterior 1/3 of the tongue.

45
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Vagus Nerve - Cranial Nerve X

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Longest cranial nerve in body. Parasympathetic control of organs. Slows HR, promotes digestive activity/peristalsis

46
Q

What is the longest AND thickest nerve in the body?

A

Sciatic Nerve

47
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Accessory Nerve - Cranial Nerve XI

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Controls SCM and trapezius (shrug shoulder and turn head)

48
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Hypoglossal Nerve - Cranial Nerve XII

A

Movement of the tongue

49
Q

List all 12 cranial nerves

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  1. Olfactory
  2. Optic
  3. Oculomotor
  4. Trochlear
  5. Trigeminal Nerve
  6. Abducens
  7. Facial Nerve
  8. Vestibulocochlear Nerve
  9. Glossopharyngeal Nerve
  10. Vagus Nerve
  11. Accessory Nerve
  12. Hypoglossal Nerve