neurology Flashcards
nervous system
the master controlling and communicating system of the body
central nervous system (CNS)
made of brain and spinal cord; commands
peripheral nervous system (PNS)
made of spinal and cranial nerves; carries messages
sensory division
part of PNS; afferent
motor division
part of PNS ; efferent
motor division 2 parts
somatic and autonomic nervous system
somotic nervous system (SNS)
skeletal muscles
autonomic nervous system (ANS)
regulates smooth muscles, cardiac, and glands
sympathetic
fight or flight
parasympathetic
rest and digest
neurons
excitable cells that transmit electrical signals
astrocyctes
most abundant glial cell; cling to neurons and cover capillaries; form blood brain barrier
microglia
small, ovoid cells with spiny processes
ependymal cells
secrete CSF (cerebrospinal fluid)
oligodendrocytes
branched cells that wrap CNS nerve fibers with myelin
schwann cells (neurolemmocytes)
surround fibers of the PNS
structural units of the nervous system
body, axon, and dendrites
perikaryon or SOMA
contains nucleus and nucleolus; has nissl bodies
axon hillock
bump in axon
tracts
in CNS
nerves
in PNS
nuclei is SOMA in
CNS
ganglia is SOMA in
PNS
dendrites
receptive/ input regions of the neuron
electrical signals are conveyed as
graded local potentials
long axons are called
nerve fibers
one unbranched axon
per neuron
rare branches are called
axon collaterals
axon function
generate and transmit action potentials
anterograde
toward axonal terminal
retrograde
away from axonal terminal
myelin sheath
increase the speed of nerve impulse transmission
myelin sheath formation
formed by schwann cells
neurilemma
remaining nucleus and cytoplasm of schwann cell
nodes of ranvier
gaps in the myelin sheath between adjacent schwann cells
no neurliemma means what functionally
no regeneration
white matter
myelinated fiber
gray matter
unmyelinated fiber
multipolar
3 or more processes