nervous tissues Flashcards

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what are the three functions of nervous system?

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sensory receptor (detects internal and external stimuli), integration( processing of sensory info), and activation of effectors(muscles and glands respond)

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what are the two structural divisions of nervous system?

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central nervous system and peripheral nervous system

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what does the CNS consist of?

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brain and spinal cord

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what are the functions of CNS

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command centre, interprets sensory info, coordinates response

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what does the PNS consist of>

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cranial nerves, spinal nerves, ganglia and receptor’s

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functions of the PNS?

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relays info from body to CNS (sensory division) and relays info from CNS to body “motor division”

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what are the two types of neural tissue?

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Neurons and nerugolia

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what are the functions/characteristics of neurons?

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conduct electrical impulses, long lived, do not divide, high metabolic rate of O2 and glucose are critical

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what are the four structural classifications of neurons?

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multipolar, bipolar, unipolar, anaxonic

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what does a multipolar neruon look like?

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many dendrites single axon, most numerous neuron in cns and pns

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what does a bipolar neuron look like?

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2 processes extend from cell body, special sensory is ear and eye

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what does a unipolar neuron look like?

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1 process extends from cell body(most sensory neurons)

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what does anaxonic neuron look like?

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no axon dendrites only, rare, in brain and some sense organ

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what are the three functional classifications of neurons?

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sensory, motor and internueron

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what does sensory (afferent ) neurons do?

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transmit impulses towards CNS
bipolar or unipolar

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what does motor (effferent) neurons do?

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transmit impulses away from CNS to effectors
multipolar

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what does interneuron (association neurons do?)

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connect sensory and motor neruons
majority of neurons in CNS
multipolar

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what are the nueroglia in the CNS?

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astrocytes, mircoglia, ependymal cells, oligodendrocytes

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what are astrocytes?

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star cells, most numerous, regulate chemicals in ECF, maintain blood brain barrier, structural framework in brain and spinal cord, guide neuron growth/repair

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what are microglia?

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phagocytes engulf bacteria and dead cells, increase in response to infection/injury

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what are ependymal cells?

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line cavities of spinal cord and brain, ciliated and circulate cerebrospinal fluid

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what are oligodendrocytes?

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form myelin sheath around axons in CNS, one cell forms sheath around several neurons

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what are the types of neruoglia in PNS

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satelite cells and schwann cells

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what do satellite cells do?

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surround cell bodies of neruons, regulate ions, nutrients, waste in ECF

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what do schwann cells do?

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form myelin sheath around axons in PNS, wrap around axon

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how do neurons bring about behaviour?

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reflex, rapid autonomic response to stimuli

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what is the organization of nerual tissues?

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axons and cell bodies are organized into bundles and clusters

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what is grey matter?

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cell bodies of neurons and neuroglia

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what is white matter?

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axons and myelin is white, appears white due to myelin and c.t

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what are the two types of pathways?

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ascending (sensory/afferent) from body to brain
descending (motor/efferent) from brain to body

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what is the grey matter in PNS?

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ganglia, collections of cell bodies in PNS

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what is the white matter in PNS?

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nerves, bundles of axons in PNS

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what is the grey matter in CNS?

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nerual cortex, cell bodies on brain surface
basal nuclei, clusters of cell bodies inside brain

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what is the white matter in CNS?

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tracts/highways, bundles of axons with common origin and destination