Organisation Of The Nervous System Flashcards

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What is the nervous system

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A system that allows the organism to:

  1. Sense info about its environment
  2. Respond rapidly and accordingly
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What does the somatic sensory neuron detect

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Touch 
Pain 
Pressure 
Vibration 
Temperature 
Hearing 
Equilibrium 
Vision 
Smell
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What does the visceral sensory neuron detect

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Stretch 
Pain 
Temperature 
Chemical changes 
Nausea 
Hunger
Taste 
Irritation
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What neurons make up the sensory afferent division

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Somatic and visceral sensory neurons

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5
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What makes up CNS

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Cranial and spinal nerves

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What does the somatic motor do

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Innervates skeletal muscles for movement

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What does the visceral motor do

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Innervates smooth muscles, cardiac muscle and glands aka autonomic nervous system

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What are the 2 ANS divisions

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Parasympathetic and sympathetic divisions

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9
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What are the 2 principal cell types of nervous system

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Neurons (transmit electrical signal) and neuroganglia (support cells)

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6 classes of neuroganglia

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Astrocytes 
Microglia 
Oliodendrocytes 
schwann cells 
non ciliated ependymal cells 
ciliated ependymal cells
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11
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what does astrocyte do

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form BBB

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12
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what does microganglia do

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phagocytosis to fight infection

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13
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what does oliodendrocytes do

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bind CNS neurons together and insulates axons

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14
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what do schwann cells do

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myelin sheath

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15
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what do non-ciliated ependymal cells do

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secrete cerebro spinal fluid

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what does ciliated ependymal cells do

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move cerebro spinal fluid around to keep it homogenous

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17
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what is white matter

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bundles of axons each coated in mylein sheath

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18
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what is gray matter

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masses of cell bodies and dendrites each covered with synapses

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19
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what does the brain and spinal cord consist of

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grey and white matter

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20
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what is the reflex arc

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  1. stimulus activates recetor
  2. activates senosry neuron and transmits signal to CNS
  3. CNS processes info and transmits signal to motor
  4. motor sends signal to muscles/glands for response
  5. response
21
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what do poprioceptive senses do

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detect stretch in tendons muscles joints and ligaments

22
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where are visceral senses more common

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digestive and urinary tract

reproductive organs

23
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what are the peripheral sensory receptors

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exteroceptors
enteroceptors
proprioceptors

24
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what do entercoeptors do

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detect stimuli from within i.e internal viscera

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what do exteroceptors do
detect stimuli from outside the body
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how may pairs of cranial nerves
12
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where do cranial nerves serve
head and neck
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which 2 cranial nerves don't arise from the brains tem and pass through the foramine in the base of the skull
1 and 2
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which 3 cranial nerves are purely senosry whilst the other 9 are mixed senosry and motor
optic -2 olfactory - 1 vestibulocochlear-8
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what is cranial nerve 1
olfactory- for smell (info from nose) - senosry
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what is cranial nerve 2
optic-visual (info from eyes)- sensory
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what is cranial nerve 3
oculometer-eye movement, pupil constriction and lens shape-motor
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what is cranial nerve 4
trochlear- eye movement- motor
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what is cranial nerve 5
trigeminal- info from face, mouth; for chewing- mixed
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what is cranial nerve 7
facial- for taste, tear, expressions and salivary glands-mixed
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what is cranial nerve 8
vestibulochlear-hearing and equibrium-senosry
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what is cranial nerve 9
glossopharyngeal-info from oral cavity; baro and chemoreceptors in blood vessels. for swallowing, salivary gland secretions- mixed
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what is cranial nerve 10
vagus-info from and to sensory and efferents-mixed
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what is cranial nerve 11
spinal accessory- oral cavity, neck and shooulder muscles moveemnt- motor
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what is cranial nerve 12
hypoglossal-tongue muscles-motor
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what is cauda equina
collection of nerve roots at inferior end of vertebral canal of the spine
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what protects the spine
vertebrae
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how many pairs of spinal nerves and how do they attach
31 pairs | attach through dorsal and ventral nerve roots
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what 2 nervous systems is the peripheral nervous system divided to
ANS | SNS
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role of autonomic nervous sytem
involuntary smooth muscle contractions
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role of somatic nervous sytem
voluntary skeletal muscle contraction based on motor neurons at the NM junction
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difference between sympathetic and parasympathetic system
neutrotransmitters are preganglionic and postganglionic 1. sympathetic = Ach and Noradrenaline 2. parasymp= Ach and Ach
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only 2 exceptions to the SNS postganglionic fibre which doesn't release NA
1. the transmission of a signal to sweat glands releases ACh not NA 2. transmission of a signal to the adrenal glands releases adrenaline not NA
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what is used ot break down acetylcholine i the synamse to only result in one signal and not multiple ones
acetylcholinesterase