Nervous system Flashcards
Peripheral NS division
Somatic, autonomic
Central NS anatomical
Brain and spinal
Autonomic divisions
Sympathetic division
Parasympathetic division
Afferent division
Send info to CNS. Sensory receptors on cells
Efferent division
Transmits info from CNS sent back to organs
Somatic nerves
Innervate skeletal muscles voluntary
Visceral nerves
Inner ate glands, smooth and cardiac muscle involuntary
Soma
Cell body, processing center
Dendrites
Receivers of signals from body
Axon
Senders of outgoing messages from CNS to body
Perikaryon
Cytoplasm surrounding the nucleus
Neurofilaments and neurotubules
Extend into dendrites for support of the cell
Nissel bodies
RER, gives brain its overall gray color
Axoplasm
Cytoplasm of the axon
Stolen a
Membrane of the axon
- complicated with lots of gates
- phospholipid bilayer
Axon hillock
Where the axon joins with soma
Collaterals
Branching of axon
Telodendria
Ending of collaterals
Synapse
A spot where a neuron meets another cell
Presynaptic cell
Sends the a.p. Thru its axon, neurotransmitters, released, a neuron
Post synaptic
Bonds the neurotransmitter, could be another neuron, a muscle cell, a gland cell
Axoplasmic transport
Need to move materials along axon
Movement can be: axo
Fast stream or slow stream
Anterograde or retrograde
Rabies
Viral infection
What happens when you get bitten by a wild raccoon
Rabies virus gets into your peripheral nerves
It travels from PNS to CNS by retrograde flow
Axaxonic
No real distinction between dendrite and axon, tiny, unsure of functions
Unipolar
Dendrite and axon fused. Soma off to the side, sensory neurons in PNS m, longest axons- tips of toes to spinal cord
Bipolar
One very branched dendrite, one long axon, cell body inbetween, act as receptor cells, retina in eye and olfactory mucosa, smaller than uni and multi