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The two major control systems in the body

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The Nervous system and the endocrine system

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What regulatory system is slow, sustained

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Endocrine System

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What regulatory system is rapid, transient

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Nervous System

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3 overlapping functions of the nervous system

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Sensory input-> Integration(by interneurons)-> Motor Output (effectors)

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Where does integration of sensory inputs occur

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Central Nervous System (Brain and Spinal Chord)

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Where does sensory input and motor output occur

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Sensory receptors, Peripheral Nervous system, and effectors(legs)

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What is the nervous system composed of

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Neurons and Glia

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Definition of Neuron

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Structural and functional unit responsible or transfer of information via electrical and chemical communication

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What is the neuron’s funtion

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To conduct electrochemical impulses

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What are electroimpulses caused by neurons called

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Nerve inpulses or action potentials

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What are neurons polarized both structurally and functionally for

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For flowing information unidirectionally through its axon

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Components of the neural cell body

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Nucleus, cellular organelles, Nissl bodies (rough ER)

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What are Nissl bodies

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Rough ER, or sites of protein synthesis

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14
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How do you stain Nissl bodies

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Cresyl violet stain

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15
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Who developed the staining method for Nissl bodies

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Franz Nissl

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What is the axon

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Cystoplasmic extension of the neuron

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Components of axon

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Microtubules, Smooth ER, and vesicles.

NO ROUGH ER!

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18
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How many axons per neuron

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Only 1

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19
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How wide are axons? (Not long)

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Only microns in diameter

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20
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How long can axons grow

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As long as 1 meter

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21
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What is transported through the axon

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Vesicles filled with neurotransmitters and neuropeptides

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22
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Where are axonal vesicles sevreted

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The synapse cleft or extracellular space

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23
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When are neurotransmitters not released by the axon

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Development or injury

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24
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What happens in axons during development or injury

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Ribosomes go through active protein synthesis

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Where do axonal ribosomes during during development or injury come from

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Neighboring glial cells by the tunneling of nanotubes between cells

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What are mirotubules

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Conveyor belts running along the entire length of the axon that also serves a cytoskeletal role

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Microtubule functions:

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To move vesicles, organelles like mitochondria. All via attachment of proteins called tubulins

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What is the chemical synapse

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Junction between two neurons. Electrical activity in one alters the electrical activity in the other

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Ho do neurons communicate

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Neurotransmitters

30
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What is the neuromuscular junction

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Synapse between motor neuron and a muscle neuron and a muscle fiber

31
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What part of the neuron is highly branched

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Dendrites

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What varies among different types of neurons

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The number of dendrites. Even among the same dendrite over a period of time

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Dendrite function

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To receive information from other neurons and carry the information toward the neuron’s cell body as an electrical signal

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What are dendritic spines

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Projections that grow off of a dendrite

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Function of dendritic spines

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Site of signal reception - where synapses are located. Have receptors for neurotransmitters

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What is neuroplasticity

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When dendritic spines can change on a minute-to-minute basis

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What is the presynaptic neuron responsible for

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Carries electrical signals to the synapse and releases neurotransmitters into the synaptic cleft

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What is the postsynaptic neuron responsible for

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Carries electrical signals away from the synapse via the dendrites

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What is the postsynaptic density

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Receptors (for neurotransmitters) that are located in the postsynaptic terminal

40
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Where is the axon hillock

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The region where the axon joins and emerges from the cell body

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What is the axon hillock responsible for

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Plays an essential role in integration and transmission of nerve signals

42
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Where is the transmembrane protein barrier located

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Between the neuron’s cell body and the axon hillock

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What is the transmembrane protein barrier

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The region that separates the plasma membrane of a neuron’s cell body and the axon hillock. Made of actin filaments.

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Axon hillock interactions

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No synapses form from the axon hillock nor do any interact with it

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What is the axon hillock responsible for

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To evaluate the nature of a signal received by the dendrites and the cell body. Integrates electrical signal and determines response.

46
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Where is the action potential generated

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The axon hillock is where the action potential is generated

47
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What are afferent neurons (sensory or receptor neurons)

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Neurons that carry nerve impulses from receptors or sensory organs towards the Central Nervous System

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What are interneurons

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Neurons that relay information from afferent neurons to efferent neurons. Interneurons are only found in the Central Nervous System

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What are efferent neurons (motor neurons)

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Carry nerve impulses away from the Central Nervous System to effectors such as muscles

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What are oligodendrocytes

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Glial cells in the Central Nervous System that form myelin to insulate axons

51
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What are astrocytes

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Glial cells in the Central Nervous System that provide structural and metabolic support for neurons with material secured form the blood

52
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What type of glial cells for the blood-brain barrier

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Astrocytes form the blood-brain barrier

53
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What are microglia

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Glial cells in the Central Nervous System that are meant for neuronal maintenance by removing cell debris

54
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When are microglia activated

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During trauma or disease

55
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What are microglia similar to

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Macrophages that remove cell debris

56
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What are ependymal cells

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Glial cells in the Central Nervous System that line the brain ventricles

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What are ependymal cells responsible for

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To exchange molecules between ventricles and the brain

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What is a supporting cell of the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)

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Shwann cells

59
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What are Scwann cells responsible for

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They form a myelin sheath to insulate axons in the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)

60
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Ratio of neurons and glial cells in the human brain

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1 to 1. Differs in species

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