PROGRESS TEST 2! Flashcards
THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM (CNS) CONSISTS OF:
BRAIN (neurons & glia) + SPINAL CORD (neuron & glia)
PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM (PNS) CONSISTS OF:
PERIPHERAL NERVES & GANGLIA (neurons & glia)
NEURONS (NERVE CELLS)
- CELLS SPECIALISED FOR TRANSMISSION OF INFO
- FOUR MORPHOLOGICAL TYPES
- STRUCTURAL COMPONENT ( DENDRITES > CELL BODY > AXON > AXON TERMINALS)
ROLE OF DENDRITES:
- RECIEVE INPUT
- SEND INFORMATION TO THE CELL BODY
ROLE OF THE CELL BODY:
- CONTAINS NUCLEUS & ORGANELLE
- SUMS THE INPUT
ROLE OF AXON:
- CARRIES ELECTRICAL IMPULSES
- MAY OR MAY NOT BE MYELINATED
AXON TERMINALS:
- END OF THE AXON
- NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE
GLIA:
- SUPPORT FOR NEURONS
- FIVE BASIC TYPES a) 4 IN CNS b) 1 IN THE PNS
- EACH TYPE HAS A SPECIFIC FUNCTION.
IN THE CNS:
- A GROUP OF CELL BODIES = ?
- A BUNDLE OF AXON = ?
- GROUP OF CELL BODIES IN CEREBRAL CORTEX = ?
- BUNDLE OF AXONS IN CEREBRAL CORTEX = ?
- = NUCLEUS
- = TRACT
- = GREY MATTER
- = WHITE MATTER
IN THE PNS:
- A GROUP OF CELL BODIES = ?
- BUNDLE OF ZONS = ?
- = GANGLION
2. = NERVE
INPUT ZONE:
DENDRITES & CELL BODY
- RECEIVES CHEMICAL SIGNALS FROM OTHER NEURONS
SUMATION ZONE:
AXON HILLOCK
- SUMMATION OF INPUTS
CONDUCTION ZONE:
AXON, MAY BE QUIET LONG
- CARRY ELECTRICAL SIGNALS BETWEEN BRAIN AREAS, TO & FROM SPINAL CORD OR FROM PERIPHERAL SENSORY RECEPTORS AND TO EFFECTOR CELLS.
OUTPUT ZONE:
AXON TERMINALS
- CONTACT WITH INPUT ZONE OF OTHER NEURONS OR EFFECTORS
- RELEASE OF NEUROTRANSMITTER.
4 MORPHOLOGICAL TYPES OF NEURONS
- MULTIPOLAR (multiple processes emanate from the cell body)
- BIPOLAR (two processes emanate from the cell body)
- UNIPOLAR (one process emanates from the cell body - then branches into dendrite & axon)
- ANOXIC (axones - no distinct axon & all processes look alike)
TYPES OF GLIAL CELLS FOUND IN THE CNS
- ASTROCYTES - supply nutrients to neurons - ensheath blood capillaries (injury response)
- MICROGLIA - immune cells of the CNS - engulf micro-organisms & debris
- EPENDYMAL CELLS - line fluid-filled spaces of brain & spinal cord. - have cilia to circulate CSF
- OLIGODENDROCYTES - support nerve fibres - ensheath them with myelin
GLIAL CELL FOUND IN THE PNS
SCHWANN CELLS - support peripheral nerve fibres & ensheath them with myelin.
- similar to the oligodendrocytes of the CNS.
MYELIN SHEATH - BASIC STRUCTURE:
MULTIPLE SCHWANN CELLS IN A LINE.
NODES OF RAINIVER = GAPS BETWEEN MYELIN - THESE INCREASE CONDUCTION VELOCITY
WHAT IS A SYNAPSE?
A JUNCTION THAT HELPS WITH COMMUNICATION BETWEEN NEURONS
WHAT IS AFFERENT INFORMATION
INFORMATION THAT GOES INTO THE BRAIN (ASCENDING)
WHAT IS EFFERENT INFORMATION?
RESPONSE THAT COMES OUT OF THE BRAIN (DESCENDING)
WHAT IS SOMATIC INFORMATION:
THE STUFF WE ARE AWARE OF, AND HAVE CONTROL OVER
- VOLUNTARY MUSCLE CONTROL (SOMATIC EFFERENT - MOTOR)
- SENSORY INFORMATION THAT WE’RE AWARE OF (SOMATIC AFFERENT - SENSORY)
WHAT IS AUTONOMIC INFORMATION:
THE STUDD WE’RE NOT AWARE OF, HAVE NO CONTROL OVER.
- INVOLUNTARY MUSCLE CONTROL (AUTONOMIC EFFERENT - MOTOR)
- SENSORY INFO THAT WE DON’T KNOW ABOUT (AUTONOMIC AFFERENT - SENSORY)
SOMATIC EFFERENT DIVISION - THE TWO NEURONS BETWEEN BRAIN & EFFECTOR:
- UPPER MOTOR NEURON
2. LOWER MOTOR NEURON
UPPER MOTOR NEURON..?
CELL BODY IN BRAIN.
AXON IN SPINAL CORD
AXON IS MYELINATED
LOWER MOTOR NEURON..?
CELL BODY IN SPINAL CORD
AXON IN SPINAL NERVE
AXON IS MYELINATED
NEUROTRANSMITTER AT THE SYNAPTIC CLEFT?
ACETYLCHOLINE (Ach)
SOMATIC EFFERENT DIVISION SUMMARY:
- VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT
- 2 NEURONS BETWEEN BRAIN & EFFECTOR (UPPER & LOWER MOTOR NEURON)
- AXONS ARE MYELINATED
- NEUROTRANSMITTER = ACETYLCHOLINE (Ach)
- EFFECTOR = SKELETAL MUSCLE
AUTONOMIC EFFERENT NERVOUS SYSTEM:
- INVOLUNTARY CONTROL
- TWO DIVISIONS - SYMPATHETIC & PARASYMPATHETIC
- EFFECTORS = SMOOTH MUSCLE, CARDIAC MUSCLE, GLANDS & ADIPOSE (FAT) TISSUE
- 3 NEURONS BETWEEN BRAIN & EFFECTOR