Nervous system (lab) Flashcards
Central Nervous System
brain and spinal cord, processes info
Peripheral Nervous System
cranial and spinal nerves, transmits info
PNS divided into
Sensory (afferent, input), motor (efferent, output)
Motor neurons divide into
autonomic (organs and glands) and somatic (to skeletal muscles)
Sensory neurons divide into
somatic (from skin) and visceral (from organs and glands)
Autonomic motor neurons divide into
sympathetic (fight or flight) and parasympathetic (rest and digest)
Neural tissue derived form
ectoderm
cell body contains
nucleus, rough ER (Nissl bodies), organelles, neurotransmitter synthesis
dendrites
projections from cell body or at end of axon, receive signal,
axon
long extension, ions for signal transmission, electrically insulated by myelin
nodes of Ranvier
intervals where myelin is interrupted on along axon, regular intervals
myelin
fatty sheath that insulates
synaptic vesicles
on axonal terminals, release neurotransmitter
axon hillock
where axon meets cell body
nerve
bundle of axons in PNS
white matter
bundles of axons in the CNS
appears white due to
myelin around axons
gray matter
clusters of cell bodies in CNS (unmyelinated)
ganglia
clusters of cell bodies in PNS
biggest part of brain
cerebrum
cerebral cortex
outer bark of folded gray matter (clusters of cell bodies)
subcortical gray matter nuclei
islands of gray matter deep within brain
cells of neural tube become
CNS
neural crest cells
some cells break away from neural folds, will form portions of PNS
organization similar
muscles: endoneurium, perineurium, epineurium