Nervous Tissue

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Central nervous system

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spinal cord, brain

Question 2

Peripheral Nervous system

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cranial, spinal and peripheral nerves conducting impulses
Ganglia

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Sensory somatic

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sensory input received consciously (eyes, ears, skin, musculoskeletal structures)

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Sensory visceral

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sensory input not received consciously (internal organs and cardiovascular structures)

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Motor somatic

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motor output controlled consciously (skeletal muscles)

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Motor autonomic

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motor output not controlled consciously (heart or gland effectors)

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Neuron cells

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functional units of PNS and CNS. Process information and generate response to stimuli

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Glial cells

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support and protect neurons, participate in neural activities, neural activities, and defense of cells in CNS

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Three parts of the neuron

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Cell body
Dendrites
Axon

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Cell body

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Large with a large nucleus and well-developed nucleolus

Question 11

what are nissl substances/ bodies?

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large masses of free polyribosomes and RER, indicating a high rate of protein synthesis

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dendrites

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receive input from other neurons

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Axon

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carries impulses from cell body and is covered by a myelin sheat

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The space between the end of the axon and the cell membrane is the

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synaptic cleft

Question 15

what enables the continuity of of the nerve impulse?

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Neurotransmitters

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Neurons maintain:

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an ionic gradient (electrical potential) across the cell membrane. They can change this gradient in response to stimulus

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Neurons conduct

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nerve impulse, action potential, or depolarization wave.

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The nerve impulses are propagated along the axon as a wave produced by

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voltage-gated sodium and potassium channels in the axolemma tat allow diffusion of these ions in the axoplasm

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what is the axolemma?

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the cell membrane of axon

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what is axoplasm

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the cytoplasm of axon

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communication with another neuron or effector cell occur via

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synapse where neurotransmitter is released at the presynaptic membrane and binds receptors on the postsynaptic cell

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All neurons consist of

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perikaryon (cell body) containing the nucleus
the axon which is a long cytoplasmic extension
one or more shorter processes called dendrites

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presynaptic terminals contain

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large number of synaptic vesicles with neurotansmitters

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neurotransmitters are transported in

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vesicles to the presynaptic terminal

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Neurotransmitters are released by

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exocytosis from the terminal bouton

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the transmission of nerve impulses is

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unidirectional

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synapses convert

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an electrical signal from the presynaptic cell into a neurotransmitter that affects the postsynaptic cell

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synapses ca be etiher ____ or ______

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excitatory or inhibitory

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excitatory

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depolarizes cell membrane

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inhibitory

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hyperpolarizes cell membrane

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what are local anesthetics

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low-molecular-weight molecules that bind to the voltage-gated sodium channels, interfering with sodium ion influx and inhibiting the action potential responsible for nerve impulse

Question 32

What causes Parkinson’s disease

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loss of dopamine-producing neurons

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Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors SSRI

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designed to increase levels of serotonin at the postsynaptic membrane by inhibiting the re-uptake at the presynaptic membrane

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What is the principal signal reception and processing sites on neurons?

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Dendrites

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In the CNS most synapses on dendrites occur on

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dendritic spines, membrane protrusions along the small dendritic branches

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What changes are important in neural plasticity

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dendritic spine morphology changes as synaptic connections on neurons are modified

Question 37

what is neuroplasticity

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the ability of neural networks in the brain to change through growth and reorganization