Nervous System Flashcards
Part of the nervous system consisting of the cranial nerves, spinal nerves, and ganglia
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
Cranial Nerve that is actually a brain tract
Cranial nerve 2
A bundle of nerve fibers
Nerve
Nerve cell
Neuron
A group of neuronal cell bodies in the PNS
Ganglion
Nerves that innervate non-visceral structures
Somatic
Nerves that innervate visceral structures
Visceral
Carries stimuli from sense organs to CNS
Sensory/Afferent
Cause action, control muscles, part of CNS with axons in PNS
Motor/Efferent
4 types of nerves
Somatic sensory, somatic motor, visceral sensory, visceral motor
Short processes projecting from neuron cell body
Dendrites
Long cell process that is part of neuron
Axon
Sheath around axons
Myelin/neurilemma
Small branches at tip of axon
Telodendria
Another name for a sensory structure or organ
Receptor
A structure that performs an action
Effector
Cells that form the neurilemma in the PNS
Schwann cells
Non-neural cells in CNS
Neuroglia
Connective tissue membrane that surrounds the CNS
Meninges
Lymph like fluid that circulates around the CNS
Cerebrospinal fluid
Dense outer meninx surrounding the CNS of Tetrapods
Dura mater
Tissue surrounding CNS peripheral to pia mater and under dura mater
Arachnoid
Vascular membrane that invests CNS of mammals and birds
Pia mater
Consists of poorly myelinated neurons and many neuroglia
Gray matter