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What is Neurobiology?
And what other branches does it include?

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Study of the Nervous System

Includes Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology

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What are the Nervous System Functions?

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Sensory perception, integration, and motor planning

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What does the Central Nervous System include?

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Brain and Spinal Cord

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What does the Peripheral Nervous System include?

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Nerves that branch out of the CNS/Ganglia

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Name all the branches and sub-branches of the Nervous System

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Actions of the Viseral Sensory Division

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DETECTS signals from the visera of thoracic and abdominal cavites

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Actions of the Somatic Sensory Division

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DETECTS signals from receptors in the skin, muscles, bones, and/or joints

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Actions of the Viseral Motor Division (VMD)

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SENDS signals to glands, cardiac muscles, and/or smooth muscles

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What do the Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Divisions do?

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Sympathetic Division: Battle mode, prepares the body for extreme situations (fight or flight mode)

Parasympathetic Division: conducts normal bodily functions when the body is at a regular state

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Actions of the Somatic Motor Division

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SENDS signals to skeletal muscles, many of which are in voluntary control

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What is a Nervous Cell and its properties?

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Neuron, carries out system communication of the body

Properties:
Excitability: irritablity, response to stimuli via electrial signals
Conductivity: sends signals to distant locations quickly due to electrical response to stimuli
Secretion: secreting neurotransmitters/chemcial messegers when electrical signals reach the end of nerve fibers

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Sensory Neuron Action

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Afferent Neurons

Detect stimuli

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Interneuron Action

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Receive signals from other neurons and make response decisions

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Motor Neuron Action

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Efferent Neurons

Sends response signals to muscles

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What is a Neurosoma?

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Control center of a neuron

(soma or cell body)

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What are Chromatophilic Substances?

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Compartmentalized Rough Endoplasmic Recticulum

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What are Dendrites?

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Receives signals and messages from other neurons

(# of dendrites vary)

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What do Axons do?

Describe what are terminal arborizations and axon terminals

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Sends action potentials

Terminal Arborizations: Complex of branches at axons distal end
Axon Terminal: ending of an axon branch that communicates with another cell (makes synapses)

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Cells of the Neuroglia of the Central Nervous System

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CNS glia includes:
Oligodendrocytes, mircogila, ependymal cells, and astrocytes

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What do C.O.P.S stand for?

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CNS
Oligodendrocytes: make myelin for the brain and spinal cord
PNS
Schwann Cells: form myelin in the peripheral nervous system

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Ependymal Cells

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CNS

Secrete and circulate cerebrospinal fluid that line internal cavites of the brain and spinal cord

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Microgilia Cells

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CNS

Macrophages that eat microorganisms, dead tissue, and foreign matter
(help in defense and disposal)

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Astrocytes

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Gives support and nourishment for the CNS

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Schwann Cells

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Produce myelin sheath and regenerates damaged fibers of the PNS

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Satellite Cells
Support and nourish the gangila and PNS
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Myelin
An insulating layer or sheath that forms around nerves
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Myelination
Formation of a myelin sheet
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Describe a Ganglion
Concentration of cell bodies in the PNS
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Whats another name for the Autonomic Nervous System? What are it's subdivisions?
The Visceral Motor System Subdivisions: - Sympathetic Division - Parasympathetic Division
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Source of new neurons in the CNS
Mitosis of existing neurons
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Axon Hillock
mound located on one side of the soma from which the axon originates
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Multipolar Neurons
Many Dendrites, one axon (Most neurons are this!)
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Bipolar Neurons
One dendrite, one axon (rare neurons)
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Unipolar
No dendrites, one axon (starts out as bipolar neurons)
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Anaxonic Neurons
Many dendrites but no axon (No axon = no action potentials made)
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Neurilemma
Outermost layer of myelin, containing the nucleus and cytoplasm of the Schwann cell
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Internodal Segment
fiber segment covered by myelin.
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Myelin Sheath Gaps (Nodes of Ranvier)
fiber segment between gaps in myelin
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2 factors that influence speed of nerve signal conduction
- Diameter of fiber (larger is faster) - Presence of myelin (Myelinated is faster) Fastest fibers are both large and myelinated
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What is the Neurilemma?
Outermost layer of myelin of Schwann cells Contains nucleus and cytoplasm of Schwann cell
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Where are unmyelinated nerve fibers found?
Found in both CNS and PNS Unmyelinated fibers can be found within Schwann Cells
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How does the PNS regenerate its nerves?
Neurolemma and endoneurium produce regeneration tube to repair axon Only if PNS cell bodies are intact
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How does the CNS regenerate its nerves?
It can't Brain and spinal nerves cannot regenerate
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What are synapses?
Meeting point of a neuron and another cell Presynaptic neuron to postsynaptic neuron
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What kind of messages do synapses use?
Both eletrical signals and chemical messagers (neurotransmitters)
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What are the two types of synapses and the one variant?
Axodendritic Synapse: Axon to dendrite Axosomatic Synapse: Axon to Neurosoma Variant synapse is axoaxonic synapse (axon to axon)
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How do chemical synapses work?
Presynaptic neuron attaches and releases neurotransmitters to postsynaptic cell receptors
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Describe axon terminals of presynaptic cells and synaptic clefts. When both combined, what do they make?
Axon terminal of presynaptic cell: contains synaptic vesicles containing neurotransmitters (ex. ACh) Synaptic Cleft: Neurotransmitter receptors on postsynaptic cell Both structures make a chemical synapse
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Describe features of electrial synapses
- Joined via gap junctions - ions diffusing from cell to cell - very quick transmission to detect stimuli, no descion making response can be made - can travel in either direction
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Describe Diverging Circuits
One input nerve fiber branches out and synapses with several post-synaptic cells (one input can cause multiple output responses)
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Describe Converging Circuits
Contrast to divergent circuits, outputs of many different sources is funnelled to output circuit
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Describe Reverberating Circuits
Neurons stimulating each other in sequence causing repetition
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Describe Parrallel After-Discharge Circuits
Input neuron diverges and stimulates several chains of neurons that eventually reconverge to the same output neuron Output neuron recieves serveral signals from multiple pathways

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