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Nervous Tissue Flashcards

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Nervous Tissue

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Communication, information gathering, integration, control = rapid response!

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How is nervous tissue excitable?

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Membrane potentials

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Where does nervous tissue originate?

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Neuroectodermal origin

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How is nervous tissue similar to muscle tissue?

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  • Can be both a tissue and a cell
  • Neuron = cell (axons = nerve fibers)
  • Tissue = neurons + supportive tissue
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Components of nervous tissue

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  • Endoneurium
  • Perineurium
  • Epineurium
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Central Nervous System

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  • Brain: Cerebrum, Cerebellum, Brain Stem

- Spinal cord

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Peripheral Nervous System

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  • Cranial and spinal nerves

- Ganglion (-a)

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Neurons

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  • Sensory (afferent)
  • Motor (efferent)
  • Interneurons (most)
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Neuron composition

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  • Cell body (afferent)
  • Dendrites (afferent)
  • Axon (efferent)
  • Synaptic junction (efferent)
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Supporting cells

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  • Schwann cells
  • Satellite cells
  • Glial cells
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Types of Neurons

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  • Multipolar
  • Bipolar
  • Unipolar (aka psudounipolar)
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12
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Can you see nerve cells histologically?

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No

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Somatic

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  • Sensory

- Motor

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Autonomic

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Visceral, sympathetic, parasympathetic

  • Smooth muscle (hormonal too)
  • Cardiac stimulation (+/-)
  • Glandular epithelium
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How do you tell somatic cells from autonomic?

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You cannot tell them apart histologically, but can determine which is which based on the location

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Nerve cell body components

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Typical of protein-producing cells

  • Nucleus/nucleolus
  • RER
  • Nissl bodies (substance)
  • Mitochondria
  • Golgi
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Axonal hillock

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Widened trunk leading out to a neuron

  • where nerve impulses originate
  • where depolarization occurs
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Can you see nerve cell bodies histologically?

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Yes

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Processes

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Dendrites –> receptors

  • Environment
  • Other neurons

Axons –> effectors

  • Other neurons
  • Effector structures
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Axonal transport

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Neurotransmitters

- Slow vs. rapid transport

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Neurotransmitters

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  • Formed in nerve cell body
  • Kinesin: anterograde microtubules
  • Dynein: retrograde mictotubules
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Synapse

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  • Junction neuron and effector
  • Chemical or electrical gap junctions
  • Degradation or re-uptake
23
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Types of neurotransmitters

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  • Acetyl choline
  • Norepinephrine
  • Epinephrine
  • Dopamine
  • Serotonin
  • GABA
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Nerves are ____

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Collections of hundreds of thousands of neurons

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Fascicles

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  • Epineurium: upon the nerves (outer layer) –> can see grossly
  • Perineurium
  • Endoneurium: layer right around the axon
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Neuroglia

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Connective tissue cells that support the nerves in the CNS

- Astrocytes, Oligodendrolgia, Microglia, Ependyma

27
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Astrocytes

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Support, modulate activity, form scar tissue in brain after damage
*principle cell type in the CNS

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Oligodendroglia

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Myelin

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Microglia

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Local phagocytes

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Ependyma

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Line the central canal in the brain and spinal cord

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Connective cells in the PNS

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  • Schwann cells (make myelin)

- Satellite cells

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Myelination

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Provide insulation –> high lipid content, very little cytoplasm
Allows multiple axons to run in the same fascicle and not cross signals
- Schwann cells (completely wrap around the axon) and oligodendroglia

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Unmyelinated fibers

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  • Slower conduction

- Still “invested” in Schwann cells –> Schwann cells still wrap around axons, but not in multiple layers

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______ is necessary for the creation of myelin

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Multiple layers of Schwann cells

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Action potential

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  • Electrochemical depolarization
  • Axonal hillock toward synapse
  • Nodes of Ranvier: where a Schwann cell meets the next Schwann cell
36
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Organization of CNS

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  • Gray matter vs. white matter
  • Brain
  • Spinal cord
37
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Gray and white matter in the CNS

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Gray: nerve cell bodies
White: axons

38
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What are the 3 components of the brain?

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  • Cerebrum
  • Cerebellum
  • Brain stem/ medulla oblongata
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Meninges

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  • Dura mater: just underneath the skull, tightly adhered
  • Arachnoid mater: loose, web like space
  • Pia mater: innermost layer, really loose connective tissue that distributes blood vessels across the brain/spinal cord
40
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Blood brain barrier

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Keeps blood off of neurons

  • endothelium
  • pericyte: invest connective tissue around the vessels
  • astrocyte: helps to form BBB
41
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Can you see the BBB histologically?

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Hard to distinguish capillaries at a histological/ultrastructure level

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Cerebrum

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Higher centers

  • Gray matter: outer/cortical surfaces
  • White matter: central area/medulla
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Gyrus

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Multiple outer folds of the brain

–> gyri: one fold on the outside of the brain

44
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Sulcus

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Grooves separates right from left side of the brain

–> sulci: multiple grooves

45
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What animals have no gyri or sulci

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Avians

46
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Cerebellum

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  • Coordination
  • Folia
  • Gray –> cortex
  • White –> medulla
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Molecular layer vs granular layer

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Molecular: outermost layer of the cerebellum
Granular: inner layer of gray matter in the cerebellum

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Purkinje fibers

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Proms that extend from the molecular layer into the granular layer
–> interneurons that communicate between layers

49
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Brain stem (medulla oblongata)

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Subconscious control

  • -> reptilian brain
  • -> nuclei collections of nerve cell bodies
50
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Spinal cord

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Named by vertebrae

  • Cortex: white matter
  • Medulla: gray matter
  • -> switch occurs in lower portion of the brain stem

MSU-CVM Histology (12 decks)

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