Neurological Function Flashcards
The _____ nervous system contains the cranial nerves which innervate the face, throat, as well as the heart
Peripheral
The peripheral nervous system brings sensory information from the ____ to the ____
Outside to the inside
The _____ nervous system is the bulk of the nervous system and controls things like walking and talking
Somatic
The _____ nervous system controls things like the heart and breathing
Autonomic
____ are specialized cells of the nervous system
Neurons
The role of neurons is to pass on ____ by action potentials and chemical messengers
Information
Neurons also receive information and then send out information to control all ___ ___ and ____
Body processes and functions
We have 100s of thousands of neurons in the ___ and ___ ___
Brain and spinal cord
Some neurons may receive a signal and send it to ____ neuron, while some may receive a signal and send it to many
1
There is a lot of ____ in the central nervous system
Variability
Neurons requires lots of ____ and ____ to keep up with their higher energy demand
Glucose and oxygen
Neurons do not require ____ to take up glucose
Insulin
Neurons do not go through mitosis except for ____ neurons
Olfactory
Most of the neurons we have are neurons we were _____ with
Born
Children with brain stem damage might have new ____ forming to replace damage
Neurons
_____ are sensory nerve routes and are the cell bodies of the neurons
Ganglia
Ganglia also exists outside of the ___ ___ ___
Central nervous system
____ is a group of axons that travel in the central nervous system together
Plexus
____ are long extensions that carry the signal down the neuron to another neuron
Axons
____ is a high lipid wrap of the axon that keeps action potentials inside the axon
Myelin
___ ___ ___ are gaps in the axon
Nodes of Ranvier
_____ neurons bring information from the outside world or distal parts of the body into the central nervous system into the brain to be processed
Sensory (afferent)
_____ pass signals between two neurons or pathways
Interneurons
_____ neurons allow us to have movement, innervate muscle/gut, and autonomic nervous system (heart and lungs)
Motor (efferent)