Nervous System Part 1 Flashcards
Dendrite?
Receiving end.
Cell Body?
Contains a nucleus.
Axon?
Sending end.
Synapse?
Site of communication.
Neuroglia?
Support, nourish, protect.
Myelin Sheath?
Fatty protective sheath around neuron, DHA.
Nodes of Ranvier?
Space between sections of myelin.
Schwann Cell?
Form the myelin sheath in the PNS, support cell.
Oligodendrocytes?
Myelinates CNS cells.
Gray Matter?
Unmyelinated.
White Matter?
Myelinated.
Resting Membrane Potential?
Voltage across plasma membrane, -70mV
Depolarization?
The coming together of separated charges across a membrane.
Repolarization?
The separating charged across a membrane.
All or None Principle?
As long as the depolarization is strong enough to depolarize to threshold, the Na+/K+ gates open and the action potential occurs, the peak is always the same.
Continuous Conduction?
Unmyelinated axons, slower.
Saltatory Conduction?
Leaping in myelinated axon, faster.
GABA?
Inhibitory.
Ach?
PSNS slows HR by release of Ach to inhibit sympathetic, cholinergic, cognitive functions & memory, digestive, saliva.
NE?
Arousal, dreams, moods, monoamine, sympathetic response, affected by MAOI’s.
Dopamine?
Emotional responses, addiction, pleasure, regulates skeletal m. tone, Parkinson’s disease, monoamine.
Serotonin?
Sensory perception, temperature regulation, mood, appetite, onset of sleep, made from tryptophan, hormone activity.
Endorphins?
Natural pain killers, euphoria, pleasure.
Sympathetic Trunk?
In thoracic spine, nerve that controls sympathetic response.
Craniosacral?
Nerves for parasympathetic control exit the spine in the cranial region and sacral region, use Ach as neurotransmitter.
Sympathetic Response?
Reacts to mental and physical stress.
Sympathetic Response- Pupils?
Dilated.