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Nervous System Flashcards

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Nerve net

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Simple nervous system in invertebrates, diffuse mesh of simple branching nerve cells

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Ganglia

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Distinct Cluster of cell bodies of neurons

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Neurons

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Cells that make up nerves

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Neuroglia

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Nervous tissue cells that structurally and metabolically support neurons, can reproduce

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Cell body

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Nucleus and cytoplasmic components of cell

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Dendrites

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Signal input, slender extension from cell body of neuron

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Axon

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Action potentials, conductors, endings are transmitters

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Sensory neurons

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Detects stimulus and relays info about it

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Motor (effector) neurons

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Relays commands from brain or spinal cord to muscle and gland cells

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Interneurons

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Neuron of brain or spinal cord

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Polarization

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Sodium on outside, potassium on inside, signals transferred from neuron to neuron through action potential

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Threshold

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Minimum amount of change in resting membrane potential that will trigger an action potential

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Action potential

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Abrupt, brief reversal of resting membrane potential of neuron

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Hyper polarization

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Increase in charge difference of action potential

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Sodium potassium pump

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positive Sodium outside, negative potassium inside

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Refractory period

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Interval after an action potential where a patch of neural membrane in insensitive to stimulation

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Axon bulb

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Endings of axons, transmit signals

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Neurotransmitter

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Signaling molecules secreted by neurons, acts on cell next to it and then is degraded or recycled

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Synaptic integration

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Combining of all excitatory or inhibitory signals arriving at a neuron

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Synapse

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Gap between neurons,

Allows neuron to pass electric or chemical signal to another cell

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Acetylcholine

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Neurotransmitter in Cns and pns

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Epinephrine

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Hormone and neurotransmitter, strong emotions

Adrenaline

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Norepinephrine

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Neurotransmitter, increases heart rate and sugar level

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Dopamine

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Neurotransmitter, happy calm rewards

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Serotonin

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Neurotransmitter, sleep

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Schwann cells

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Neuroglia cell that Wraps around axons like a jelly roll

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Myelin sheath

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Series of Shwann cells

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Nodes of rancher

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Breaks in myelin sheath

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Salatory conduction

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Action potentials jumping from node to node

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Central nervous system

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Brain and spinal cord

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Peripheral nervous system

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Nerves and ganglia leading into and out of CNS

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Somatic nervous system

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Nerves leading from Cns to skeletal muscles

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Autonomic nervous system

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Nerves going to smooth muscles in organs

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Sympathetic nervous system

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Autonomic nerves that deal with times of heightened awareness

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Parasympathetic nervous system

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Autonomic, slows body activities to focus on basic tasks

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Afferent

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Conveying impulses to Cns

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Efferent

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Acting out signals from Cns

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Cerebrum

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Voluntary activities
Sensory information
Largest

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Cellebellum

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Muscle activity and refinement of movement

Coordination

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Hypothalamus

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Homeostasis
Secretes hormones
Regulates pituitary gland

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Medulla

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Involuntary actions

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Pons

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Connects parts of brain

Contains respiratory center

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Midbrain

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Visual and auditory reflexes

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Thalamus

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Sensory relay center for conducting information between spinal cord and cerebrum

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Cerebral cortex

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Thin surface area of cerebral hemispheres, coordinates responses to sensory info

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Corpus callosum

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Band of axons linking 2 cerebral hemispheres

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