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Nervous System Flashcards

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Divisions of the peripheral NS

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somatic sensory
somatic motor
visceral sensory
visceral motor

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neurons characterisitics

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  • basic structural and functional unit
  • cell body (soma) → contains: nucleus/golgi/ER/mit
  • dendrites → relays info to cell body (telodendria - postsynaptic region releasing NT)
  • axons → nerve fibres that transmit electrical impulses
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neuroganglia

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supportive structure (physically and metabolically) - 10:1 ratio to neurons 
- able to divide
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astrocytes

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CNS

  • hold and guide neurons during fetal brain dev
  • repair brain injury and neurotransmission
  • forms BBB (prevent entry of substances from blood to brain)
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microglial cells

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  • immune cell, dormant until activated

- via phagocytosis

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ependymal cells

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in ventricles → secretes CSF

  • cilia facilitates movement
  • acts as neuronal stem cells
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oligodendrocyte

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myelinated

- has phospholipid bilayer

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relationship b/w mutiple sclerosis and myelin

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eroded myelin → slows impulse conduction → slows motor functions

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cells in peripheral NS

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satellite cells

schwann cells

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satellite cells

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provide nutrients to cells

- surround neurons within ganglia → encompasses whole nerve fibres

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schwann cells

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are the oligodendrocyte in CNS

- myelinated → creates node of ranvier

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saltatory conduction

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myelinated conduction

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nerve structure

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axon → myelin sheath → endoneurium → fasicle → perineurium → epineurium

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membrane potential

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difference b/w charge inside (-70mV) and outside cell

- pump 3 Na out, 2 K in

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steps of AP

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1) stimuli from sensory cell → depol twd threshold
2) theshold reach → Na channel opens → depol
3) peak (+40mV) → K channel opens → repol
4) hyperpol (K leaves cells) → refractory period
5) K channel close → Na/K restore resting potential

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what is impulse velocity dependent on

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diameter of axon and myelination

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synaptic transmission

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  • functional connection b/w pre & post synaptic neuron

- AP travels to telodendria to release NT

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gap junction

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electrical synpases

- chemicals move from 1 cell directly to another

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chemical synapse

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NT moves to synaptic → release chemical → triggers next AP

- Ca influx required for NT exocytosis

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CN1

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olfactory

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CN2

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optic

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CN3

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oculomotor - constricts pupils and elevates eyelids

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CN4

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trochlear → controls SUP oblique → controls I-M eye movement

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CN6

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abducent → LAT rectus → controls LAT eye movements

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CN5

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trigeminal

  • V1 → opthalic
  • V2 → maxillary
  • V3 → mandibular
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CN7

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facial - muscles

  • taste to ANT 2/3 tongue
  • lacrimal & sublingual glands
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CN8

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vestibulocochlear

- hearing and balance

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CN9

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glossopharyngeal

- sensory 1/3 POS taste

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CN10

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vagus, THE autonomic nerve

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CN11

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spinal accessory

- motor to SCM and upper trapezius

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CN12

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hypoglossal

  • muscle to tongue
  • tongue points to direction of defective branch side
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structure of CNS

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gray (cell bodies and dendrites in cortex)

white (axons underlie the cortex)

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tracts of CNS

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bundle of axons

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CSF

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1o formed by choroid plexus

- absorbed into venous blood through arachnoid villi (500ml/day)

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function of CSF

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  • suspend and cushion brain
  • monitor changes in internal env
  • vehicle for distributing hormones throughout CNS
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BBB

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regulate exchange of substances b/w blood and brain

  • continuous layer of endothelial cells joined by tight junctions
  • lipid soluble substances able to penetrate
  • is incomplete in newborn and premature infants (prone to brain infection
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brain stem

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controls basic functions to maintain life (resp/cardiac/consciousness)
- pons + medulla oblongata + midbrain

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cerebellum

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control fine motor movements (affected in parkinsons)

  • maintains equilibrium and posture
  • planning and coordination
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diencephalon

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thalamus → relay centre for all sensory pathway to cerebral cortex

hypothalamus

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cerebrum

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4 lobes of the brain

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frontal lobe

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  • 1o motor cortex → voluntary motor function
  • pre-motor cortex → coordinate of complex movement and eye movement
  • prefrontal cortex → personality, insight
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parietal lobe

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somatosensory cortex → processing of sensations and proprioception

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temporal lobe

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limbic association cortex and primary auditory cortex

- language comprehension

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wenicke’s aphasia

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compromised ability to understand speech → speak fluently but no sense

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broca’s aphasia

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loss of ability to produce language

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occipital lobe

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  • 1o visual cortex → vision and coordination

- integration of all sensory input

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basal nuclei (ganglia)

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  • contains limbic system → controls emotion

- relay point for nerve fibres

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limbic system

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located above diencephalon

- emotion and memory

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hippocampus

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part of cerebral cortex

  • create new memories
  • atrophy in alzheimers
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amygdala

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cluster of nuclei

- controls emotions

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cingulate gyrus

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loop of cerebral cortex over corpus callosum

- integrates sensory input and adds emotional content (i.e. rxn to pain)

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blood supply to brain

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originates from aorta

  • anastomose to circle of willis
  • susceptible to rupture and vascular disease
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spinal cord

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extension of brainstem

- L4/5 cauda epquina

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ageing

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  • decrease of neurons in 30s
  • decrease ability to maintain and synthesise new nerve cells
  • dementia → consequence of degeneration of nerve cells
55
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division of white matter

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divided within each half of cord
→ into 3 white columns (funiculi)
→ further divided ANT/POS/LAT white columns
→ subdivided into spinal tracts

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