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Nervous Tissue Flashcards

1
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Away from reference point

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Efferent

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2
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How many pairs of spinal nerves

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31

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3
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How many pairs of cranial nerves

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12

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4
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4 Effector tissues

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Glands
Smooth
Skeletal
Cardiac

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5
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Components of neuron

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Cell body (perikaryon)
Processes
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6
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What organelle modifies, transports and stores proteins

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Rough endoplasmic reticulum

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7
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Fibrous intercellular network surrounding cells of CNS

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Neutrophil

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8
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Peripheral nervous system is

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Wiring and nerves transmits electrical currents

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9
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Sends info to and from CNS

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Peripheral nervous system

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10
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Neuron responds to

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Stimulus

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11
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Nissl bodies =

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Rough endoplasmic reticulum

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12
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Signal to cell body

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Dendrites

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13
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Neuroplasticity

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Dendrites can change shape

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14
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What conducts action potential

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Axon

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15
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Plasma membrane

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Axolemma

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16
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Contents of axon

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Axoplasma

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17
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Where axon originates

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Axon hillock

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18
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Just past hillock where excitatory and inhibitory stimuli are added up

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Initial segment

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19
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Where two axons come together

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Synapses

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20
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2 directions of atonal transport

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Retrograde and anterograde

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21
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Transport action potentials and molecules

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Axonal transport

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22
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Afferent in PNS

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Sensory

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23
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Efferent in PNS

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Motor

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24
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From CNS out to 4 effector tissues

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Motor

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25
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Interconnect neurons and creates circuits

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Interneurons

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26
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Most important and numerous

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Interneuron

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27
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Interneurons and motor neuron are what structure classification

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Multipolar

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28
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Rare in adult except for special senses

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Bipolar

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29
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Ends in CNS and creates dorsal root

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Central process

30
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In dorsal and ventral ramus and connected to peripheral receptors

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Peripheral process

31
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Makes dorsal root ganglion

Predominately sensory

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Pseudounipolar

32
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Neuron to muscle neurotransmitter

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Acetylcholine

33
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Receptor drives

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Function

34
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2 types of neuroglia in PNS

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Schwann cells

Satellite cells

35
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Nerve glue

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Neuroglia

36
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Myelinate axons in PNS

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Schwann cells

37
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Allows for faster conduction of action potentials

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Node of Ranvier

38
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Overlapping inner layers of neurolemmocyte plasma membrane

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Myelin sheath

39
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Disease because of unmyelinated axons

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Multiple sclerosis

40
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Axon + neurolemma + myelin =

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Nerve fiber

41
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Schwann cells sit on axon during

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Development

42
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Outer layer of myelin where cytoplasm and nucleus are

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Neurolemma

43
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Cluster of neuron cell bodies outside CNS

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Ganglion - sensory or autonomic

44
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Surround each ganglion cell body

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Satellite cells

45
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Predominantly pseudounipolar neurons
No synapses
Action potential to CNS

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Sensory

46
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Satellite cell functions

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Nourish
Insulate
Regulate

47
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Ganglion for smooth, cardiac muscles and glands

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Autonomic

48
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Multipolar neurons with synapse

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Autonomic

49
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Neuroglia of CNS that Myelinate more than one axon

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Ogliodendrocytes

50
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Neuroglia in CNS that contact with capillaries, control ionic environment, forms scar tissue, contributes to blood brain barrier

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Astrocytes

51
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Neuroglia in CNS engulfing of micro organisms or other cells and foreign bodies by phagocytosis

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Microglia

52
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Neuroglia in CNS that lines CNS cavities

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Ependymal cells

53
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Nervous tissue has a lot or little extracellular fluid

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Little because of lots of processes and neuroglia

54
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Central nervous system includes

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Brain and spinal cord

55
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How many layers of cerebellum cortex

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3

56
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How many layers in cerebral cortex

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6

57
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Layers of cerebellar cortex

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Molecular
Purkinje
Granular

58
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Gray matter includes

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Neuron cell bodies

59
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White matter includes

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Myelinated axons

60
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Spinal cord
Gray where
White where

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Gray inside

White outside

61
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Dorsal horn of gray matter

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Sensory

62
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Ventral horn of gray matter

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Motor

63
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Peripheral nerve surrounded by

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Epineurium

64
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Fascicle surrounded by

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Perineurium

65
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Nerve fiber surrounded by

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Endoneurium

66
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Disintegration of Nissl bodies of neuron or damage to peripheral process

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Chromatolysis

67
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Blood vessels travel in

And branches penetrate into

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Epineurium

Perineurium

68
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Anastomosis of branches into perineurium that forms unbroken intraneural net called

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Vasa nervosum

69
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Vasa nervosum function

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Allows for diffusion of nutrients and wastes

70
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Toward reference point

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Afferent

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