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overview of the nervous system Flashcards

1
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what are the functions of the nervous system?

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  • gather sensory info from the internal/external environment
  • Integrate info for assessment to then produce a response
  • Regulate body homeostasis
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what are the 2 main divisions of the nervous system?

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CNS and PNS

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what makes up the CNS?

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brain (brain, cerebral cortex and brainstem) and spinal cord

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what is the spinal cord an extension of?

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the brainstem

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what does the PNS do?

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transmits information to and from the CNS

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what is the PNS divided into?

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autonomic

somatic

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what is the function of the autonomic nervous system?

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regulates glands, blood vessels and internal organs

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what is the autonomic nervous system divided into?

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sympathetic
parasympathetic
enteric

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what is the function of the somatic nervous system?

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controls skeletal muscle

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10
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what are the functional components of the nervous system?

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afferent neurons
interneurons
efferent neurons

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what do afferent neurons do?

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take information from the PNS to the CNS

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12
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where are the afferent neuron cell bodies found?

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just outside the spinal cord as dorsal root ganglia

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what is the function of interneurons?

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relays information to the brain or effector organ

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14
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where are interneurons found?

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in the CNS

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what is the function of efferent neurons?

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takes response from CNS to PNS (effector organs – skeletal muscles or glands)

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what is the function of dendrites?

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collect information

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what is the function of the cell body of a neuron?

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synthetic centre

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what is the function of the axon of a neuron?

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conducts action potential from cell body to other neurons/effector organs

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19
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how many axons are there per neuron?

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one

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20
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what are the 6 categories of neurons?

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Sensory, motor, preganglionic autonomic, postganglionic autonomic, local interneurons, projections neurons

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21
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where are glial cells found?

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CNS and PNS

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22
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what is the ratio of glial cells to neurons?

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10:1

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23
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what glial cells are found in the PNS?

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satellite cells

schwann cells

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what is the function of satellite cells

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support cell bodies, regulate environment around the dorsal root ganglia

Take up excess K+, water and neurotransmitters to regulate the ion and water balance and prevent damage from excess NTS

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what do schwann cells do?

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  • secretes neurotrophic factors
  • Forms myelin sheaths of the axons of the PNS
  • Protects AP so it doesn’t dissipate
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26
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what are the glial cells of the CNS?

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oligodendrocytes
microglia
astrocytes
ependymal cells

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27
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what is the function of oligodendrocytes?

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forms myelin sheaths in the CNS

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28
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what is the function of microglia?

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immune cells of the brain

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29
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how do microglia work?

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Become activated when there’s an infection  act as a macrophage. Phagocytose bacteria that enter through the BBB or dead/dying neurons.

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30
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what do astrocytes do?

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regulate the environment in the CNS

  • Provide substrates for ATP
  • Help form BBB -
  • Secrete neurotrophic factors
  • Take up K+, water and NTS
  • Source of neural stem cells
31
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what is the function of ependymal cells?

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create barriers between compartments. Line the ventricular system. Help move the CSF around the ventricular system.

32
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how do gliomas form?

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uncontrolled mitosis of glial cells which lead to brain tumours

33
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name the types of gliomas

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Schwannoma, astrocytoma, ependymoma and oligodendroglioma

34
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what is an astrocyte scar?

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when neurons cant be replaced in brain damage, so astrocytes fill in the gap, forming an astrocyte scar

35
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how does an astrocyte scar lead to epilepsy?

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Forms barriers between neurons –> malfunction –> epilepsy

36
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which protein is linked to alzheimer’s disease?

37
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what is multiple sclerosis and what effect does it have on the body?

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Autoantibodies attack oligodendrocytes and damage them so there’s no myelin around certain neurons –> loss of neuronal signal

38
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what does dorsal mean?

39
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what does ventral mean?

40
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what does the corpus collosum do?

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connects both cerebral hemispheres

41
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what is grey matter?

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neuronal cell bodies, dendrites, axon terminal, synapses

42
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what is white matter?

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bundles of myelinated axons

43
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what is the function of reticular formation?

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habituation

acts as a filter of what’s important to respond to and what isn’t

44
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which part of the brain is involved in higher function?

45
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which part of the brain is more primitive?

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hindbrain and midbrain

46
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what is another name for the forebrain?

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telencephalon

47
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what is the insula?

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meeting point of the parietal, frontal and temporal lobes where they all fold over each other. At the lateral fissure

48
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what does the insula control?

49
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how many chambers are found in the adult ventricular system

50
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where is the CSF made?

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lateral ventricles - one in each cerebral hemisphere

51
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what is the function of the frontal lobe?

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problem solving, reasoning, emotion and voluntary motor activity

52
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what is the function of the parietal lobe?

53
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what does the central sulcus separate?

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frontal and parietal loves

54
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what is the function of the temporal lobe?

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memory and hearing

55
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what is the function of the occipital lobe?

56
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how many brodmann areas are there?

57
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what is the primary motor cortex?

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frontal lobe

58
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what is the primary sensory cortex?

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parietal lobe

59
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what is Wernicke’s area responsible for?

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Comprehension / understanding of written and spoken language

60
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which Brodmann’s area is Wernicke’s area?

61
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what is the function of Broca’s area?

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language production

62
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which Brodmann’s area is Wernicke’s area?

63
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what does the left cerebral hemisphere control?

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the right side of the body

logic, analysis of facts, understanding of production of language

64
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what does the right cerebral hemisphere control?

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left side of the body

Imagination, rhythm, holistic thinking, non-verbal language, emotion in language

65
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what is the function of the anterior commissure?

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connects the temporal lobes

66
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what is the function of the internal capsule

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Route through which information travels to and from cerebral cortex to subcortical sites

67
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where is the thalamus found?

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either side of the 3rd ventricle - forms wall of 3rd ventricle

68
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what is the function of the thalamus?

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receives input from all areas of the nervous system - gateway to the cortex

69
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what is the limbic system also known as?

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the 5th lobe of the brain

70
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a person who is afraid shows increased activity in their?

71
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where do most cranial nerves originate from? which do not originate from here?

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brainstem

except 1 and 2

72
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how many pairs of cranial nerves are there?

73
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how many cranial nerves have motor and/or sensory nuclei in the brainstem?

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