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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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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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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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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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What does the Diencephalon contain?

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Thalamus
Hypothalamus
Pituitary Gland
Pineal Gland

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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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What is the neurotransmitter that stimulates the muscle to contract?

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Acetylcholine

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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

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

A. The Ventral Root
B. Dorsal Root

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A. The ventral root

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What is the neurotransmitter that motor neurons release?

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Acetylcholine

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Where do motor tracts cross?

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In the pyramids of the medulla oblongota

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What are the steps of the sensory pathway?
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
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Where do tracts cross?
1. Corticospinal tracts cross in the pyramids of medulla oblongata 2. Lateral Spinothalamic tract (pain and temperature) cross at the spinal cord level
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What makes up the central nervous system?
The brain and the spinal cord
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What connective tissue protects the brain and the spinal cord?
The Meninges
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What are the 3 layers of the Meninges?
Pad 1. Pia Matar (deepest) 2. Arachnoid Matar 3. Dura Matar (most superficial, thickest, toughest)
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What layer of the meninges is the toughest, thickest, strongest?
The Dura Matar
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How is Cerebrospinal Fluid formed?
Choroid plexus (capillaries) in ventricles of the brain makes the Cerebrospinal Fluid
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How is the cerebrospinal fluid reabsorbed?
Arachnoid villi
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What nerves attach directly to the CNS?
1. Spinal Nerves 2. Cranial Nerves
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Which vertebrae is the spinal nerve named for?
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
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Olfactory Nerve - Cranial Nerve I
Sense of smell
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Optic Nerve - Cranial Nerve II
Sense of vision
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Oculomotor Nerve - Cranial Nerve III
Moves eye every other direction, raises eyelid, and constricts the pupil
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Trochlear Nerve - Cranial Nerve IV
Moves eye down and in
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Which cranial nerves have to do with eye movement?
Cranial Nerves, 3, 4, and 6 Oculomotor nerve - cranial nerve 3 Trochlear nerve - cranial nerve 4 Abducens nerve - cranial nerve 6
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Trigeminal Nerve - Cranial Nerve V
Facial sensation, motor for mastication (chewing)
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Abducens Nerve - Cranial Nerve VI
Moves eyeball laterally
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Facial Nerve - Cranial Nerve VII
Motor for face (expression), Sensory for taste on anterior 2/3 of tongue
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Vestibulocochlear Nerve - Cranial Nerve VIII
Hearing and equilibrium (inner ear)
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Glossopharyngeal Nerve - Cranial Nerve IX
Motor for swallowing (pharynx) and sensory for taste on posterior 1/3 of the tongue.
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Vagus Nerve - Cranial Nerve X
Longest cranial nerve in body. Parasympathetic control of organs. Slows HR, promotes digestive activity/peristalsis
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What is the longest AND thickest nerve in the body?
Sciatic Nerve
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Accessory Nerve - Cranial Nerve XI
Controls SCM and trapezius (shrug shoulder and turn head)
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Hypoglossal Nerve - Cranial Nerve XII
Movement of the tongue
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List all 12 cranial nerves
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

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