Nervous system part 1 Flashcards
gathering information.
To monitor changes occurring inside and outside the body
Sensory input
Changes
stimuli
To process and interpret sensory input and decide if action is needed
Integration
A response to integrated stimuli
The response activates muscles or glands
Motor output
Parts of the Central nervous system (CNS)
Brain
Spinal cord
Parts of the Peripheral nervous system (PNS)
Nerve outside the brain and spinal cord
Sensory division is also known as
afferent
Nerve fibers that carry information to the central nervous system
Sensory (afferent) division
Motor division is also known as
efferent
Nerve fibers that carry impulses away from the central nervous system
Motor (efferent) division
Two subdivisions of Motor (efferent) division
Somatic nervous system
Autonomic nervous system
Is the voluntary subdivision of the motor division
Somatic nervous system
Is the involuntary subdivision of the motor division
Autonomic nervous system
An Abundant, star-shaped cells that is also known as Brace neurons. They Form barrier
between capillaries and neurons which Control the chemical environment of
the brain.
Astrocytes
The support cell of the nervous tissue
Neuroglia / Glia
A Spider-like phagocytes that Dispose of debris
Microglia
Line cavities of the brain and spinal cord which Circulate
cerebrospinal fluid
Ependymal cells
Produce myelin sheath around nerve fibers in the central nervous system.
Oligodendrocytes
They Protect neuron cell bodies
Satellite cells
Form myelin sheath in the peripheral nervous system
Schwann cells
nerve cells
Neurons
Cells specialized to transmit messages
Neurons
Major regions of neurons
Cell body and Neuron processes
nucleus and metabolic center of the cell
Cell body
fibers that extend from the cell body
Nerve Processes
specialized rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER)
Nissl substance