Nervous System Flashcards
What does the CNS contain?
The brain and spinal cord
The Nervous System contains what two parts?
The Central Nervous system (CNS)
The Peripheral Nervous system (PNS)
What does the middle part of the spinal cord contain?
Gray Matter
What does the spinal cord gray matter resemble in a cross-sectional divide?
A bubbled “H”
What does the anterior horn in the H of the spinal cord do?
Relays motor impulses
What does the posterior gray matter of the H in the spinal cord do?
Relays sensory impulses
What surrounds the H gray matter in the spinal cord?
White matter
What is the function of the white matter in the spinal cord?
It forms ascending and descending tracks.
What three parts does the brain consist of?
It consists of cerebrum (cerebral cortex), the brain stem, and the cerebellum.
What is the function of the brain?
To collect, integrate, and interpret all stimuli; it initiates and monitors voluntary and involuntary motor activity.
What are the meninges?
The three layers that enclose the cerebrum.
What does the meninges contain?
Dura Mater
Arachnoid Mater
Pia Mater
What are the four lobes of the cerebrum?
Parietal
Occipital
Temporal
Frontal
What is the parietal lobe function?
Sensations
Awareness of body shape
What is the occipital lobe function?
Visual stimuli
What is the temporal lobe function?
Hearing
Language
Comprehension
Storage and recall of memories
What is the frontal lobe function?
Personality Judgement Abstract reasoning Social behavior Language expression Movement Speech
What is the function of the cerebellum?
Balance
Coordination
What is the part of the cerebrum that contains the thalamus and hypothalamus and just above the brain stem?
Diencephalon
What important nerves does the brain stem contain?
The cranial nerves 1-12
What is the functional unit of the NS?
Neurons
How many miles of nerves are in the NS?
45
What are the two types of cells in the NS?
Neuroglia and Neurons
What component of the neuron receives impulses inward to the body?
Dendrites
What component of the neuron projects impulses away and may or may not have myelin sheath?
Axons
Contains lipid substance and gives the white color to the white matter of the brain.
Myelin
A multipolar neuron has what?
Cell body
Axon
Multiple dendrites (many poles)
A bipolar neuron has?
Cell body
1 axon
2 dendrites (poles)
A unipolar neuron has?
Cell body
1 axon
1 dendrite (pole)
Transmits nerve impulses towards the CNS from peripheral sensory organs
Afferent
Transmits nerve impulses away from the CNS to muscles, glands, and organs.
Efferent
Conduct impulses from 1 neuron to another
Inter-neurons
What is the purpose of glial cells?
Repair, support, and protect neurons.
Why are glial cells the most common source of primary rumors?
They are mitotic (able to divide and replicate)
What are the 4 types of glial cells?
Oligodendrocytes
Astrocytes
Ependymal
Microglia
The cells produce the myelin sheath that coats the axons.
Oligodendrocytes
These cells are found mostly in gray matter, they accumulate in areas that neurons have been damaged, and feeds the nervous system by the blood brain barrier.
Astrocytes
These cells aide in secretion and regulation of CSF
Ependymal cells
These cells remove waste.
Microglia cells
How fast does nerve impulse conduction travel along the axon and chemical transmission between neurons until it reaches it’s destination?
325mph
What state is the resting state?
No impulse
The resting state has what potassium and what sodium?
Potassium is high
Sodium is low
During depolarization what electrolytes channels open up the cell and enter?
Sodium enters but no change in potassium.
During repolarization what electrolyte channels open up and go back into the cell?
Potassium enters SLOWLY to even out the electrolytes.