NS Bio 29/30 Flashcards
CNS
brain and spinal cord
PNS
Located outside the CNS, consists of cranial nerves, spinal nerves, and associated ganglia
SNS and ANS
Cranial nerves connect
brain to organs mainly in the upper body (12pairs)
Spinal nerves
connect spinal cord to parts of the body below the head. 31 pairs of spinal nerves.
SNS
Voluntary, carries impulses to skeletal muscles, tendons, and skin
ANS
Involuntary, impulses are transmitted to cardiac muscle, smooth muscle, or glands.
Sympathic, Parasympathetic, and Enteric
Sensory neurons (afferent)
Information from the internal and external environment and transmits them to the CNS.
Motor Neuron (efferent)
relays signals from the brain and spinal cord to muscle or glands cells.
Ganglion
Mass of neuron cell bodies usually found outside the CNS
Neuron
Includes cell body, axon, dendrites. 100 billion +, no mitosis, very poor regen.
Nissl bodies
Rough E.R. in neurons.
Astrocytes
Contain glycogen, star shaped cells, most numerous glial cell. Regulating electrical impulses, provide lactate for nutrition, K+ transport channels, regulate blood flow.
Glial cells
Surround nerons and provide support/protection. Most abundant cells in CNS. E.g. Astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, Schwann cells, microglia, satellite cells, and ependymal cells.
Axon
Extension of neuron that carries nerve impulses away. No neuron has more than a singal axon.
Dendrite/ Soma
Highly branched extensions that bring nerve impulses towards the cell.
Mitochondria in the NS
Most abundant at the axon terminals.
Oligodendrocytes
Make myelin in the CNS
Schwann Cells
Make myelin in the PNS
Blood brain barrier
High density cells that prevent the passage of substances such pathogens, antibiotics, and chemicals.
Multiple Sclerosis
Auto immune. Break down of the BBB of the CNS. T Lymph attach myelin sheath.
Epilepsy
BBB failure that leads to seizures.
Sympathetic NS
Flight or fight
Inc HR, BP, respiration, skeletal muscle blood flow, pupil dilation, stims adernal medulla (epi and norepi),
and glycogenolysis.
Dec intestinal and stomach movements, salivary gland secretion, urine production, and relaxes urinary bladder.
Parasympathetic NS
Rest and digest
Dec HR, BP, blood flow to skeletal muscles, pupil constriction.
Stims intestinal and stomach movements, salivary gland secretions, increase urine production, tenses urginary bladder.
Enteric Nervous System
Entire length of the alimentary tract - esophagus to anus. Controls the secretory and motile functions of our digestive tract.
Makes over 30 nt, 90% of serotonin is made the gastrointestinal tract and a large amount of dopamine too.
Myelin Sheath
Some axons are surrounded by a fatty substance forming an electrically insulating layer. Contains cholesterol, lipids, and about 20% proteins.
CNS and PNS myeline
Gray matter vs White matter
CNS: oligodendrocytes
PNS: Schwann cells
Grey matter: unmyelinated axons
White matter: Myelinated axons.
Nodes of Ranvier
Gaps between adjacent schwann cells. At these nodes, the axolemma is especially permeable to Na+ and K+. Only present when axon is myelinated.
Na+ ion movement to depolarize. Voltage gated sodium ion channels.
Saltatory conduction
Action potentials can hymp between the nodes of R.
In MS the sheath is degraded and saltatory conduction can not occur.
Cerebrum
Largest part of the mature brain (80%).
Cerebral cortex
Outer covering of grey matter. Gray matter contains cell bodies, glial cells, dendrites, and unmyelinated portions axons. Underneath the gray matter lies the myelinated white matter.
Corpus callosum
White matter tract, largest white matter structure in the brain.
Meninges are three membrane brain and spinal cord
Dura mater: outer layer, many nerves and blood vessels, tough and fibrous
Arachnoid mater: middle layer, no blood vessels, thin and delicate
Pia mater: innermost layer, very vascular and intimately attached to brain and spinal cord.
Between the arachnoid and pia mater
Is the subarachnoid space that contains the cerebral spinal fluid.
Each brain hemisphere controls the opposite side of the body.
If a brain tumor is located on the left side of your brain, the right arm or leg could become weak or paralyzed.
The cerebellum
Involved with balance and muscle coordination.
Fine movement, equilibrium, posture, and motor learning.
Basal ganglia which includes the caudate nucleus, putamen, and globus pallidus work with the cerebellum.