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What does the CNS control?

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spinal cord + brain

Integration; command center
• Interpret incoming sensory information
• Issues outgoing instructions

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What does the PNS control?

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everything else

Serve as communication lines among:
- sensory organs,
- brain and spinal cord, 
- glands
- muscles

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What is functional output?

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sensory input vs motor output

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subdivisions of nervous system?

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anatomically + physiologically

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What is part of the anatomical nervous system?

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CNS, PNS

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what is part of the physiological system?

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sensory (afferent) vs motor (afferent)

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What causes MS?

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voluntary/somatic disorders

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Parts of the glia cell?

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astrocyte
ependymal cell
microglia
oligodendrocytes (CNS)/schwann cells (PNS)

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What do astrocytes do?

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from blood brain barrier (BBB) + filter out toxins from blood

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what do ependymal cells do?

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form CSF (cerebral spinal fluid)

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what do microglia do?

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phagocytosis for bacteria

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what do oligodendrocytes/schwann cells do?

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from myelin sheath (white matter) that surrounds and insulates neurone and allow them to conduct impulses at a faster rate

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What does nervous tissue contain?

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neurons

neuroglia

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what do neurons do?

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conduct electrical impulses (do not divide in adult life)

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What do neuroglia do?

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support, protect and insulate nerve cells (continue to divide throughout adult life)

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What does the axon do?

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moves impulses away from the cell

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What do dendrites do?

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move impulses to nerve cell (receptive)

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How is a nerve impulse delivered?

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  1. dendrite receives message
  2. nerve impulse moves down
  3. axon terminal receives impulse and sends message to next nerve cell in line
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path of nerve impulse?

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dendrite -> cell body -> axon -> terminal

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what is the gap between two nerve cells called?

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synapse

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What is the sympathetic nervous system?

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subdivision of the ANS is fight-flight (releases epinephrine, adrenaline)

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what is the parasympathetic nervous system?

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rest and digest (releases acetylcholine ACH)

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functional organization?

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only PNS

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structural organization?

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CNS + PNS

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forebrain (L/R cerebral hemispheres)

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include frontal,parietal,occipital,temporal lobes

includes cerebral cortex and is responsible for:

motor skills
perception
thinking
memory
speech
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diencephalon includes?

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thalamus + hypothalamus and epithalamus

thamalus: relay station for sensory input
hypothalamus: regulates autonomic functions (body temp, water balance, metabolism, appetite, sex drive/libido)

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brain stem includes?

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midbrain, pons, medulla oblongata

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thamalus

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relay station for sensory input

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hypothalamus

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regulates autonomic functions (body temp, water balance, metabolism, appetite, sex drive/libido)

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midbrain

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reflex center for vision/hearing

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pons

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controls breathing

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medulla

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regulates vital visceral activity (HR, BP, breathing, swallowing, sneezing)

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cerebellum

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control of motor skills + balance

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What surrounds the CNS?

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CSF

35
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Characteristics of CSF

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similar to plasma, less protein, rich in ascorbic acid, different Na and K ions.

36
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if RBC present in CSF what does that mean?

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can indicate meningitis, tumours, ms

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What is the BBB

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blood brain barrier

maintains constant environment in the brain

only allows water, amino acids and sugar to pass through

38
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cranial nerves

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12 pairs for head + neck

described by name, number, course and function

include sensory + motor function

ex: optic nerve

39
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spinal nerves

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31 pairs, each nerve divides into dorsal + ventral ramifications

40
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what controls the sleep/wake cycle

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reticular formation

41
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what does the sympathetic nervous system thoracic-lumbar subdivision release?

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epinephrine (speeds up system)

42
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what does the parasympathetic nervous system cranial-sacral subdivision release?

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ACH on effectors (slows down system)

43
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characteristics of sympathetic nervous system?

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increase HR, BP, glucose in blood, dilates arrays, reduces blood to digestive, decrease salivation, dilates pupils, sweating, increases metabolic rate and fat breakdown, increases blood to muscles, far vision

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characteristics of parasympathetic nervous system?

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increases activity in digestive tract, constricts airways, salivation, near vision, decreases HR, BP

45
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three main functions of nervous system?

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sensory, integrative, motor

46
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sensory functions?

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detect different types of
stimuli, both within body and outside body. Sensory (or afferent) neurons carry sensory information (from receptor) to brain and spinal cord.

47
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The nervous system is responsible for all our?

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– behaviors,
– memories,
– movements

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Integrative function?

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Nervous system integrates (processes)

sensory info and makes decisions for appropriate responses. Many interneurons are involved in this function.

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Motor functions?

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Involves responding to integrative decisions. Motor
neurons (or efferent) carry info from brain and spinal cord to other nerves or effector organs.


50
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Sensory (afferent) division?

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– Nerve fibers that carry information to the central

nervous system

51
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• Motor (efferent) division?



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– Nerve fibers that carry impulses away from the central nervous system

Two subdivisions
• Somatic nervous system = voluntary – Consciously controls skeletal muscles
• Autonomic nervous system = involuntary
– Automatically controls smooth and cardiac muscles and glands
– Further divided into the sympathetic (stress: fight or flight) and parasympathetic (rest & digest) nervous systems


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neuroglia functions (CNS)?

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  • Support
    – Insulate
    – Protect neurons
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Astrocytes functions (CNS)?

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– Abundant,star-shapedcells
– Controlthechemicalenvironment
-Formbarrierbetweencapillaries and neurons of the brain
– Stabilize/brace neurons

54
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most abundant and versatile neuroglia?

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Astrocytes

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Microglia functions (CNS)?

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– Spiderlike phagocytes
– Dispose of debris
-defend CNS cells

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Ependymal cells functions (CNS)?

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– Line cavities of the brain and spinal cord
– Cilia assist with circulation of cerebrospinal fluid (formed by choroid plexus = spongy blood vessels in ventricles of brain)

57
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Oligodendrocytes functions (CNS)?

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– Wrap around nerve fibers in the central nervous system – Produce myelin sheaths (similar to Schwann cells in PNS)

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Satellite cells functions (PNS)?

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– Protect neuron cell bodies (similar to astrocytes of CNS)

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Schwann cells functions (PNS)?

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– Form myelin sheath in the peripheral nervous system

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Neurons = nerve cells?

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– Cells specialized to transmit messages

– Major regions of neurons

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Cell body (aka Soma)?

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—nucleus and metabolic center of the cell
• Processes (ex. dendrites)
—fibers that extend from the cell body

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Cell body?

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– Nissl bodies/substance
• Specialized rough endoplasmic reticulum
 • Site of protein synthesis
Neurofibrils
• Intermediate cytoskeleton 
• Maintains cell shape
– Nucleus with large nucleolus

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Dendrites?

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—conduct impulses toward the cell body • Neurons may have hundreds of dendrites

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Axons?

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—conduct impulses away from the cell body
• Neurons have only one axon arising from the cell body at the axon hillock
– End in axon terminals (aka terminal buttons)
– Axon terminals contain vesicles with neurotransmitters
– Axon terminals are separated from the next neuron by a gap


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Synaptic cleft?

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—gap between adjacent neurons

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Synapse?

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—junction between nerves

– ex. one nerve synapses with the other, neurotransmitters are transmitted across the synaptic cleft

67
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Myelin sheath?

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—whitish, fatty material covering axons

68
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Schwann cells?

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— produce myelin sheaths in jelly roll- like fashion around axons (PNS)

69
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Nodes of Ranvier?

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—gaps in myelin sheath along the axon
– Oligodendrocytes
—produce myelin sheaths around axons of the CNS

70
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Sensory(afferent)neurons?

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– Carry impulses from the sensory receptors to the CNS
• Cutaneous(skin)senseorgans
• Proprioceptors—detect stretch or tension

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Motor(efferent)neurons?

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– Carry impulses from the central nervous system to viscera,

muscles, or glands

72
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Interneurons (association neurons)?

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– Found in neural pathways in the central nervous system – Connect sensory and motor neurons

73
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All neurons exhibit?

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(i) Irritability
– Ability to respond to stimuli
(ii) Conductivity
– Ability to transmit an impulse (aka action potential)

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