Nervous Tissue Flashcards
What are the functions of the nervous system
Sensation
Integration
Response
What are the parts under the CNS
Brain and spinal cord
Wich is housed within the cranial and vertebral cavity
What are the parts under the PNS
Nerves outside the brain and spinal cord
Outside of boney protection
Cell capable of communication
Neuron
Cells that provide structure and support to neuron
Glial cell
What are the functional divisions of the nervous system
Sensory
Integration
Response
Sends information towards CNS
Sensory
Afferent neurons
Occurs in brain and spinal cord
Integration
Interneurons
Communicates with effectors
Response
Responsible for conscious perception and voluntary responses
Innervates the skeletal muscle
Somatic nervous system (SNS)
Responsible for involuntarily control of the body
Helps maintain homeostasis
Innervates smooth muscle, cardiac muscles and glands
Autonomic nervous system (ANS)
Responsible for communication within the nervous system
Neuron
Houses organelles, nucleus, nucleolus, ribosomes and endoplasmic reticulum
Cell body
Receives signals from other neurons
Dendrites
Sends signals to ther neurons
Each neuron has one of these
Axon
Where does the axon begin
Axon hillock
Junctions where other neurons communicate with other cells
Synapses
What wraps the axon
Myelin
What does the gaps in myelin create
Neurofibril nodes
Allows a single neuron to communicate with multiple cells
Multiple axonal branches
Only one process from cell body that split into an axon and dendrites
Most sensory neurons
Unipolar neurons
Two process one dendrite and one axon extend from cell body
Sensory for smell and vision
Bipolar neuron
Many dendrites and one axon
Majority of neurons in the body
Multipolar neurons
3 functional classifications of neurons
Sensory neurons
Interneurons
Motor neurons
This functional classification of neuron
Collects and sends information to the CNS
Sensory neurons
Integrates and process information from sensory neurons
Interneurons
Communicates with effectors to make them perform an action
Motor neurons
What are the glial cells of the CNS
Astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, microglia, ependymal cells