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Nervous System Flashcards

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Communication to the external environment is through:

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Verbal and non-verbal communication, special senses (sight, hearing, taste, touch and balance)

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Internal communication is through which 2 systems?

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Endocrine system and nervous system

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The endocrine system: Glands are situated… Secrete… which target… and… Slower than…

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in different parts of the body. hormones, cells, tissues. nerves.

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Nervous system is involved in… and… It co-ordinates activities and actions of … It is … than the endocrine system.

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Communication, controlling. individual body systems. Faster.

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What 2 systems work together to maintain homeostasis

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Nervous and endocrine systems

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Principle functions of the nervous system

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Receive, convey, integrate

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Recieve

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Receive stimuli from outside and inside the body. Analyse information. Coordinate an appropriate response

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Concey

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Convey impulses from the brain. Stimulate or depress activity in muscles, glands or other tissues

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Integrate

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Integrate there many different functions carried out by the individual organ tissues and cells

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The two types of nervous tissue

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Neurones (conduct nerve impulses) and neuroglia (unique connective tissue that supports neurones)

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How many more neuroglia than neurones are there?

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10 times more

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CNS stands for…

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Central nervous system

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Two parts of the CNS

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Brain and spinal cord

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3 parts of brain in CNS

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Cerebrum, cerebellum and brain stem

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3 parts of brain stem in CNS

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Mid brain pons variolli and medulla oblongata

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What surround the brain and spinal cord

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Meninges

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5 layers of meninges

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Skull, dura mater (double layer), arachnoid mater, pie mater, cerebrospinal fluid

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18
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How many pairs of spinal nerves are in the peripheral nervous system

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31

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How many pairs of cranial nerves are there

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12

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What are the two parts of the peripheral nervous system

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Somatic NS (voluntary and consciously percieved) Autonomic NS (involuntary)

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2 parts of Autonomic NS

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Parasympathetic and sympathetic

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In a non-myelinated neuron the main parts are…

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The dendrites, nucleus, cell body, axon, neurilemma and terminal boutons

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Dendrite is… and the… of the nervous system

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An extension of the cell body. White matter of the nervous system.

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Cell body forms the… of the nervous system… and is found in the… of the brain and the.. of the spinal cord

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Grey matter of the nervous system . Found in the periphery of the brain and the centre of the spinal cord

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Axon is a.. of the cell body. It can be…

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Extension of the cell body. Myelinated and un-mylinated

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Terminal boutons contain what?

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Neurotransmitters

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What changes the electrical impulse of the cell

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The movement of sodium and potassium ions through the axon

28
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Is myelinated or unmylinated neuron faster

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Mylinated

29
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Myelin sheths cause the impulses to…

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To jump

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Myelinated neurones are… They have … of … wrapped around the axon and between the layers is myelin (…) Myelin insulates the… and nodes of … assist rapid transmission of nerve…

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Peripheral, concentric layers, Schwann cell plasma membrane, fatty substance, axon, ranvier, impulses.

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At terminal boutons the impulse is changed from

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Electrical to chemical

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Neurotransmitters are made by

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Nerve cells

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Neurotransmitters are stored in

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Terminal boutons

34
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Neurotransmitters convert info from

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One neurone to another

35
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Peripheral nerves are…

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Myelinated

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Shwann cell plasma membrane wrap around the ….

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Axon and between layers in myelin

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Node of ranvier assist

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Rapid transmission of nerve impulses

38
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Acetylcholine (Ach)

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Is one of the most abundant neurotransmitters in the body. Found in the CNS and the PNS.

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Functions of acetylcholine

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Stimulates muscles to contract. Memory and cognition.

40
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A nerve is numerous…

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Neurones that are collected into bundles

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Afferent vs efferent

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Sensory vs motor

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Afferent nerves

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Carry information from the body to the spinal cord and can be autonomic

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Efferent nerves

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Originate from the brain and the spinal cord. Transmit impulses to the effector organs: muscles and glands

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Are neuroglia excitable or non excitable

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Non excitable

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4 types if neuroglia

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Astrocytes oligodendrocytes ependymal cells microglia

46
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Neurones are supported by

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Neuroglia

47
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Somatic vs autonomic

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Voluntary vs involuntary

48
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Sympathetic nervous system vs parasympathetic nervous system

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Fight or flight vs rest and digest

49
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Cranial nerve impulses originate from…

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Nuclei within the brain

50
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How are cranial nerves numbered?

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Roman numerals (1-12) in order that they connect to brain

51
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Vagus nerve is the … cranial nerve and forms part of the.. nervous system

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10th, parasympathetic

52
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In the cervical area of the spine how many nerve pairs are there?

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8

53
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In the thoracic area of the spine how many nerve pairs are there?

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12

54
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In the lumbar area of the spine how many nerve pairs are there?

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5

55
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In the sacral area of the spine how many nerve pairs are there?

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5

56
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In the coccygeal area of the spine how many nerve pairs are there?

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