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Nervous System L6 Flashcards

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Nuerons

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Cells transmit impulses via action potential

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Glial Cells

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Cells support function of neurons

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Neuron traits

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Excitability
Conductivity
Secretion
Amitotic

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Excitiability

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Respond to stimuli

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Conductivity

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Send electrical signal along neuron

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Secretion

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Release neurotransmitter that influence other cells

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Amitotic

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No mitosis, do not divide

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Neuron components

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Dendrites
Cell body
Axon
Myelination

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Dentritic

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Receives signals and sends to cell body

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Cell body (Soma)

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Initiate/receive signals from dendritic, contains nucleus, surrounded by plasma membrane

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Axon

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One per neuron, Carry action potential away from cell, release neurotransmitters from axon terminal to nerve, muscle, or glands

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Myelination

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Axon wrapped in lipoprotein sheath, giving white appearance (gray matter)

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Saltatory conduction

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Increase speed of transmission

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14
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Gaps between myelinated gaps called

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Nodes of Ranvier

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Sensory neurons

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Carry action potential signal toward brain and spinal cord (ex: touch from skin to brain)

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Motor neurons

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Carry action potential away from brain to spinal cord ( voluntary movements)

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Interneurons

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99% neurons, process information,
connect directly to sensory and motor neurons

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18
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Nerve

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Bundle of axon

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Epineurium

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Covers entire nerve

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Perineurium

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Group of axon fasicle

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Endoneurium

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Surrounds individual axon

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22
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6 types of support functions of neurons

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Atrocytes
Ependymal cells
Microglia
Satellite cells
Schwan’s cells
Oligodendrocytes

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Oligodendrocytes

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Form the myelin sheath in Central Nervous System (CNS)

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Schwann Cells

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Form myelin sheath in Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)

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Satellite Cells

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Regulate exchange of nutrients and waste

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Microglia

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Phagocytic immune cell in brain, clear debris from damaged tissue of CSF

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Ependymal Cells

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Choroid plexus helps produce Cerebral Spinal Fluid (CSF)

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Action potentional

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Electrical signal down the axon, leads to release of neurotransmitters to neuron or muscle it connects to

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Voltage inside cell

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Passive Transport

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ion channels allowing facilitated diffusion of Na+ and K+ during action potential, moving down concentration gradient

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Chemically gated channels

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Open when chemical combined with the gate

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Voltage gated channels

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Open when particular voltage is reached

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Resting membrane potential

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Outside has Na+ and Cl-ions, inside is -70mV, more K+ and PO4-ions

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At rest, if channels opened how do the ions distribute

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Sodium passively move into cell, potassium passively move out of cell

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Polarization

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When change happens

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Depolarization

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Chemically gated Na+ opens, allow Na+ to flow into cell, the positive ions makes cell less negative, decrease in change

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Hyperpolarization

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K+ channels closes slowly, allowing K+ to leave cell, charge inside cell moves beyond -70mV

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Threshold Potential

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-55mV is reached, all the sodium channels open

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Graded potential

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Can depolarize/hyperpolarize cell, happens when chemical binds with a receptor ex: ACH + Na+= Na+ rush into cell to depolarize membrane but not strong enough for action potential

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Excititory postsynaptic potential

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Bring neuron closer to threshold by making cell less negative

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Inhibitory postsynaptic potential

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Pushes neuron away from threshold by letting in Cl-ions, making cell more negative

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Repolarization

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Once inside of cell reach +30mV, Na+ channel closes, all K+ channels open down axon, returns cell to -70mV

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All action potential in axon have same

44
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Larger diameter fiber have ____ impulse

45
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Effect of myelination

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Myelinated fibers conduct faster due to saltatory conduction (skip gates)

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Refractory period

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Period after beginning of action potential where it’s impossible or difficult to fire another action potential

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Absolute refractory period

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No stimulus can initiate another action potential

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Relative refractory period

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The period of time when another action potential is possible with sufficient strength (must overcome hyperpolarization)

49
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Strength of stimuli is not based on strength but ___

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Synapse

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Where one neuron meets another structure and communicates with it

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Neurotransmitter

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Cross synapse and trigger a response insecond structure

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Sensory Nervous System(afferent)

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Somatic Sensory-conscious to stimuli
Visceral Sensory-unconscious to stimuli

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Motor Nervous System(Efferent)

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Somatic Motor-control voluntary skeletal muscle
Autonomic- control involuntary smooth/cardiac muscles and glands

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Sympathetic nervous system

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Fight or flight, Initiate response that helps us escape danger

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Parasympathetic

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Rest and digest, helps conserve energy and restore nutrients

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Ganglion

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bunch of cell body where neurons synapse

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Preganglionic nerve

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nerve bringing signal into ganglion

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Postganglionic nerve

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nerve carrying signal away from ganglion

59
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short/long preganglionic nerves and short postganglionic nerve release?

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Acetylcholine

60
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Long postganglionic nerve release

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epinephrine/norepinephrine

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Atrocytes

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form blood brain barrier, regulate what gets into brain, build new connections

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