PROGRESS TEST 2! Flashcards

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THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM (CNS) CONSISTS OF:

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BRAIN (neurons & glia) + SPINAL CORD (neuron & glia)

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PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM (PNS) CONSISTS OF:

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PERIPHERAL NERVES & GANGLIA (neurons & glia)

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NEURONS (NERVE CELLS)

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  1. CELLS SPECIALISED FOR TRANSMISSION OF INFO
  2. FOUR MORPHOLOGICAL TYPES
  3. STRUCTURAL COMPONENT ( DENDRITES > CELL BODY > AXON > AXON TERMINALS)
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ROLE OF DENDRITES:

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  • RECIEVE INPUT

- SEND INFORMATION TO THE CELL BODY

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ROLE OF THE CELL BODY:

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  • CONTAINS NUCLEUS & ORGANELLE

- SUMS THE INPUT

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ROLE OF AXON:

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  • CARRIES ELECTRICAL IMPULSES

- MAY OR MAY NOT BE MYELINATED

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AXON TERMINALS:

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  • END OF THE AXON

- NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE

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GLIA:

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  1. SUPPORT FOR NEURONS
  2. FIVE BASIC TYPES a) 4 IN CNS b) 1 IN THE PNS
  3. EACH TYPE HAS A SPECIFIC FUNCTION.
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IN THE CNS:

  1. A GROUP OF CELL BODIES = ?
  2. A BUNDLE OF AXON = ?
  3. GROUP OF CELL BODIES IN CEREBRAL CORTEX = ?
  4. BUNDLE OF AXONS IN CEREBRAL CORTEX = ?
A
  1. = NUCLEUS
  2. = TRACT
  3. = GREY MATTER
  4. = WHITE MATTER
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IN THE PNS:

  1. A GROUP OF CELL BODIES = ?
  2. BUNDLE OF ZONS = ?
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  1. = GANGLION

2. = NERVE

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INPUT ZONE:

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DENDRITES & CELL BODY

- RECEIVES CHEMICAL SIGNALS FROM OTHER NEURONS

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SUMATION ZONE:

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AXON HILLOCK

- SUMMATION OF INPUTS

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CONDUCTION ZONE:

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AXON, MAY BE QUIET LONG
- CARRY ELECTRICAL SIGNALS BETWEEN BRAIN AREAS, TO & FROM SPINAL CORD OR FROM PERIPHERAL SENSORY RECEPTORS AND TO EFFECTOR CELLS.

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OUTPUT ZONE:

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AXON TERMINALS

  • CONTACT WITH INPUT ZONE OF OTHER NEURONS OR EFFECTORS
  • RELEASE OF NEUROTRANSMITTER.
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4 MORPHOLOGICAL TYPES OF NEURONS

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  1. MULTIPOLAR (multiple processes emanate from the cell body)
  2. BIPOLAR (two processes emanate from the cell body)
  3. UNIPOLAR (one process emanates from the cell body - then branches into dendrite & axon)
  4. ANOXIC (axones - no distinct axon & all processes look alike)
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TYPES OF GLIAL CELLS FOUND IN THE CNS

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  1. ASTROCYTES - supply nutrients to neurons - ensheath blood capillaries (injury response)
  2. MICROGLIA - immune cells of the CNS - engulf micro-organisms & debris
  3. EPENDYMAL CELLS - line fluid-filled spaces of brain & spinal cord. - have cilia to circulate CSF
  4. OLIGODENDROCYTES - support nerve fibres - ensheath them with myelin
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GLIAL CELL FOUND IN THE PNS

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SCHWANN CELLS - support peripheral nerve fibres & ensheath them with myelin.
- similar to the oligodendrocytes of the CNS.

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MYELIN SHEATH - BASIC STRUCTURE:

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MULTIPLE SCHWANN CELLS IN A LINE.

NODES OF RAINIVER = GAPS BETWEEN MYELIN - THESE INCREASE CONDUCTION VELOCITY

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WHAT IS A SYNAPSE?

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A JUNCTION THAT HELPS WITH COMMUNICATION BETWEEN NEURONS

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WHAT IS AFFERENT INFORMATION

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INFORMATION THAT GOES INTO THE BRAIN (ASCENDING)

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WHAT IS EFFERENT INFORMATION?

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RESPONSE THAT COMES OUT OF THE BRAIN (DESCENDING)

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WHAT IS SOMATIC INFORMATION:

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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)
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WHAT IS AUTONOMIC INFORMATION:

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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)
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SOMATIC EFFERENT DIVISION - THE TWO NEURONS BETWEEN BRAIN & EFFECTOR:

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  1. UPPER MOTOR NEURON

2. LOWER MOTOR NEURON

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UPPER MOTOR NEURON..?

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CELL BODY IN BRAIN.
AXON IN SPINAL CORD
AXON IS MYELINATED

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LOWER MOTOR NEURON..?

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CELL BODY IN SPINAL CORD
AXON IN SPINAL NERVE
AXON IS MYELINATED

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NEUROTRANSMITTER AT THE SYNAPTIC CLEFT?

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ACETYLCHOLINE (Ach)

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SOMATIC EFFERENT DIVISION SUMMARY:

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  • VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT
  • 2 NEURONS BETWEEN BRAIN & EFFECTOR (UPPER & LOWER MOTOR NEURON)
  • AXONS ARE MYELINATED
  • NEUROTRANSMITTER = ACETYLCHOLINE (Ach)
  • EFFECTOR = SKELETAL MUSCLE
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AUTONOMIC EFFERENT NERVOUS SYSTEM:

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  • INVOLUNTARY CONTROL
  • TWO DIVISIONS - SYMPATHETIC & PARASYMPATHETIC
  • EFFECTORS = SMOOTH MUSCLE, CARDIAC MUSCLE, GLANDS & ADIPOSE (FAT) TISSUE
  • 3 NEURONS BETWEEN BRAIN & EFFECTOR
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NEURON #1:

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  • CELL BODY IN VRAIN

- AXON IN BRAIN OR SPINAL CORD (CNS)

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NEURON #2

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  • CELL BODY IN BRAIN/SPINAL CORD
  • AXON EXTENDS IN PNS
  • MYELINATED
  • SYNAPSE IN AUTONOMIC GANGLION
  • PRE-GANGLIONIC NEURON
  • NEUROTRANSMITTER = ACETYLCHOLINE (Ach)
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NEURON #3

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  • CELL BODY IN PNS, AUTONOMIC GANGLION
  • AXON EXTENDS ON PNS, TO EFFECTOR ORGAN
  • UNMYLENATED
  • SYNAPSE ON EFFECTOR ORGAN
  • POST-GANGLIONIC NEURON
  • NEUROTRANSMITTER = ACETYLCHOLINE (Ach) OR NOREPINEPHERON
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SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM: NOREPINEPHERON & Ach

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  • PREPARES BODY FOR ACUTE/STRESS RESPONSES
    > ‘FIGHT OR FLIGHT’ SYSTEM
  • EFFECTS INCLUDE: - INCREASED; HEART RATE, BLOOD FLOW TO MUSCLES, GASTRIC MOBILITY
    - CONSTRICTING BLOOD VESSELS TO SKIN & VISCERA
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PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM: Ach

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  • PREPARES BODY FOR RESTFUL SITUATIONS.
    > ‘REST AND DIGEST’ SYSTEM
  • EFFECTS INCLUDE: - DECREASE IN; HEART RATE, GASTRIC MOTILITY, PUPIL SIZE, SALVATION
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SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM - PRE-GANGLIONIC NEURON:

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  • CELL BODY IN THORACOLUMBAR LEVELS OF SPINAL CORD (CNS)
  • AXON IS SHORT
  • AXON TERMINALS AND SYNAPSE IN SYMPATHETIC GANGLION
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SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM - POST-GANGLIONIC NEURON:

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  • CELL BODY IN SYMPATHETIC GANGLION - SYMPATHETIC CHAIN GANGLIA
  • AXON IS LONG
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SYMPATHETIC CHAIN GANGLIA:

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  • FOUND ON EITHER SIDE OF THE VERTEBRAL COLUMN
  • 21 - 23 PAIRS
  • THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE PRE-GANGLIONIC (NEURON #2) AXONS SYNAPSE
    > ONTO POST GANGLIONIC (NEURON #3) INPUT ZONE.
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PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM - PRE-GANGLIONIC NEURON:

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  • CELL BODIES IN CRANIAL (BRAINSTEM) AND SACRAL (SPINAL CORD) LEVELS
  • AXON IS LONG
  • AXON TERMINALS & SYNAPSE IN PARASYMPATHETIC GANGLIA (IN OR NEAR EFFECTORS)
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PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM - POST-GANGLIONIC NEURON:

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  • CELL BODY IN PARASYMPATHETIC GANGLIA IN OR NEAR THE EFFECTOR ORGANS
  • AXON IS HSORT
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ACTION POTENTIAL:

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  • REVERSAL OF TRANS-MEMBRANE VOLTAGE THAT IS COMPLETED IN 2-3 MS
  • INFORMATION IS ENCODED AND TRANSMITTED VIA ELECTRICAL AND CHEMICAL SIGNALLING.
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RESTING MEMBRANE POTENTIAL:

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THE ESTABLISHMENT & MAINTENANCE OF A RESTING MEMBRANE POTENTIAL IS AN ESSENTIAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTRICAL SIGNALLING.
> AT REST, THE INTERCELLULAR SPACE HAS MORE NEGATIVE CHARGE THAN TH EXTRACELLULAR SPACE, CREATING AN ‘ELECTRICAL GRADIENT’ = RESTING MEMBRANE POTENTIAL

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ION CHANNELS:

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  • THESE ARE THE REGULATORS OF CHANGES IN MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY
  • PERMIT SELECTIVE PASSAGE OF IONS INTO & OUT OF THE CELL.
  • CAUSED DUE TO THE OPEN OR CLOSED STATE OF SPECIFIC ION CHANNELS (GATING)
  • RESULTS IN CURRENT FLOW AND CHANGE IN TRANSMEMBRANE VOLTAGE.
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CHEMICALLY GATED ION CHANNELS:

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  • OPEN AND CLOSE IN RESPONSE TO CHEMICALS
  • Ach BINDS TO IT’S BINDING SITE - OPENS THE ION CHANNEL ALLOWING Na (e.g.) THROUGH
  • CHEMICALLY GATED ION CHANNELS OPEN WHEN THEY BIND SPECIFIC CHEMICALS
    > FOUND MOSTLY ON THE DENDRITES & CELL BODY OF A NEURON. - AREAS WHERE MOST SYNAPTIC COMMUNICATIONS OCCUR.
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VOLTAGE GATED ION CHANNELS:

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  • ACTIVATED BY CHANGES IN THE ELECTRICAL MEMBRANE NEAR THE CHANNEL.
  • MEMBRANE POTENTIAL ALTERS THE CONFORMATION OF THE CHANNEL PROTEINS
    > THIS REGULATES THE OPENING & CLOSING.
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MECHANICALLY GATED ION CHANNELS:

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  • OPEN IN RESPONSE TO MECHANICAL STIMULI - PHYSICALLY DISTORTS THE NEURONS MEMBRANE SURFACE
  • CONVERTS MECHANICAL STIMULI INTO ELECTRICAL SIGNAL.
  • OPENS DUE TO APPLIED PRESSURE
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WHERE ARE CHEMICALLY GATED ION CHANNELS FOUND?

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DENDRITES & CELL BODY OF THE NEURON

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WHERE ARE VOLTAGE GATED Na+ AND K+ CHANNELS FOUND?

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AXON OF THE NEURON - ALONG THE AXON .

> (depends on myelinated or un-myelinated)

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WHERE ARE VOLTAGE GATED Ca2+ CHANNELS FOUND?

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FOUND N AXON TERMINALS.

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LOCAL POTENTIALS

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THE RESULT OF OPENING ION CHANNELS IN A REIGON OF RECEIPT OF CHEMICAL SIGNALS.
- CHANGES IN THE MEMBRANE POTENTIAL THAT CANNOT SPREAD FAR FROM THE SITE OF STIMULATION.

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DEPOLARIZATION=?

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ANY SHIFT FROM THE RESTING MEMBRANE POTENTIAL TOWARDS A MORE POSITIVE VALUE.

  • ALSO APPLIES TO CHANGES IN POTENTIAL FROM -70mV TO SMALLER NEGATIVE VALUES (TOWARDS 0mV) AS WELL AS TO MEMBRANE POTENTIALS ABOVE 0mV
  • AS PLASMA MEMBRANE DEPOLARISES, EXTRACELLULAR SODIUM IONS MOVE TOWARDS THE OPEN CHANNELS REPLACING IONS THAT HAVE ENTERED THE CELL.
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WHAT IS A LOCAL CURRENT?

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THE MOVEMENT OF POSITIVE CHARGES PARALLEL TO THE INNER & OUTTER SURFACES OF THE MEMBRANE.

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REPOLARIZATION=?

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CHEMICAL STIMULUS IS REMOVED, AND THE MEMBRANE RETURNS TO ITS NORMAL RESTING MEMBRANE POTENTIAL AS THE EXCESS SODIUM IONS ARE TRANSPORTED OUT OF THE CYTOSOL.

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HYPERPOLARIZATION=?

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  • SHIFT IN THE MEMBRANE POTENTIAL PAST (BELOW) RESTING LEVEL.
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TWO WAYS THE EFFECTS OF LOCAL POTENTIALS CAN BE SUMMED:

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  1. TIME - TEMPORAL SUMMATION

2. SPACE - SPATIAL SUMMATION

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THE AXON HILLOCK / THE INITIAL SEGMENT:

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POINT WHERE THE AXON JOINS THE NEURON CELL BODY

  • HIGH DENSITY OF VOLTAGE GATED Na CHANNELS
  • WHERE ACTION POTENTIALS ARE GENERATED
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ACTION POTENTIAL - THRESHOLD

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  • DEPOLARISING LOCAL POTENTIALS MAY RESULT IN OPENING OF VOLTAE GATED Na CHANNELS
  • THIS DRIVES FURTHER DEPOLARISATION
  • DEPOLARISATION THEN REACHES A POINT AT WHICH LARGE NUMBERS OF CHANNELS OPEN RESULTS IN A SUDDEN LARGE INCREASE IN Na INFLUX = THRESHOLD REACHED
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THRESHOLD POTENTIAL =?

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THE MINIMUM POTENTIAL NEEDED IN
ORDER FOR VOLTAGE-GATED CHANNELS TO OPEN
> THESE ARE THE KEY CHANNELS CAUSING THE PROPAGATION OF ACTION POTENTIALS.

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WHAT IS INITIAL DEPOLARISATION?

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LOCAL POTENTIALS CAUSE LOCAL DEPOLARISATION FROM SODIUM INFLUX THROUGH LIGAND/CHEMICAL GATED CHANNELS.

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WHAT IS RAPID DEPOLARISATION?

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LOCAL DEPOLARISATION CAUSES THRESHOLD TO BE REACHED, AND VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNELS OPEN CAUSING RAPID DEPOLARISATION TO SPREAD DOWN THE AXON IN A ‘MEXICAN WAVE’ FASHION.

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WHAT IS REPOLARIZATION?

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SODIUM CHANNELS CLOSE AT MAXIMUM DEPOLARISATION (+30mV) VOLTAGE GATED K+ CHANNELS OPEN WHICH LET OUT K+, REPOLARIZING THE CELL.

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WHAT IS HYPERPOLARIZATION?

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POTASSIUM CHANNELS OVERSHOOT AND THE MEMBRANE POTENTIALS BECOME MORE NEGATIVE THAN THE RESTING MEMBRANE POTENTIAL

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WHAT IS THE RESTING MEMBRANE POTENTIAL?

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RESTORED BY THE SODIUM/POTASSIUM AtPase TO AROUND -70mV

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WHAT IS THE ABSOLUTE REFECTORY PERIOD?

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THIS IS THE PERIOD WHERE IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SEND ANOTHER ACTION POTENTIAL.
THE INACTIVATION GATES OF THE SODIUM CHANNELS LOCK SHUT FOR A TIME AFTER THEY’RE OPENED - SO NO SODIUM WILL PASS THROUGH.
NO SODIUM = NO DEPOLARISATION = NO ACTION POTENTIALS

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WHAT IS THE RELATIVE REFRACTORY PERIOD?

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THIS IS THE PERIOD WHERE IT IS REALLY HARD TO SEND AN ACTION POTENTIAL.
- PERIOD OF TIME AFTER THE ABSOLUTE REFRACTORY PERIOD WHEN THE INACTIVATION GATES ARE OPEN AGAIN. HOWEVER THE CELL IS STILL HYPERPOLARIZED AFTER SENDING AN ACTION POTENTIAL - SO IT WILL TAKE EVEN MORE POSITIVE IONS THAN USUAL TO REACH THRESHOLD POTENTIAL.
BIG GRADED POTENTIAL NEEDED FOR ACTION POTENTIAL TO BE GENERATED.

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WHAT ARE THE 3 WAYS TO INCREASE THE SPEED OF CONDUCTION?

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  1. SIZE - BIGGER DIAMETER = FASTER
  2. SHEATH - MYELINATED = FASTER (INSULATION PREVENTS LOSS OF IONS
  3. SALTATORY CONDUCTION - NODES OF RANIVER (BETWEEN MYELIN) ALLOWS THE ACTION POTENTIAL TO ‘JUMP’ FROM NODE TO NODE DOWN THE NERVE.
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WHAT IS A SYNAPSE?

A

JUNCTIONS BETWEEN EXCITABLE CELLS

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SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION #1

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VOLTAGE CHANGE OF THE ACTION POTENTIAL IS TO OPEN THE VOLTAGE-GATED CALCIUM CHANNELS & ALLOW CALCIUM ENTRY.

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SYNAPTIC TRANSIMISSION #2

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CALCIUM CHANNELS OPEN, CALCIUM ENTER DOWN IT’S CALCIUM GRADIENT. SYNAPTIC VESICLES FUES & CONTENTS ARE DISCHARGED.

  • CHEMICALLY-GATED ION CHANNEL OPENED ALLOWS THE ENTRY OF SODIUM BRINING POSITIVE CHARGE CAUSING DEPOLARISATION AT THIS SITE.
  • IF BIG ENOUGH THIS COULD CAUSE THE OPENING OF VOLTAGE GATED SENSORS.
  • THEREFOR INCREASING THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THE POST-SYNAPTIC CELL WILL FIRE AN ACTION POTENTIAL.
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WHAT ARE MENINGES?

A

PROTECTIVE COVERING FOR THE BRAIN.

> THEY SIT BETWEEN THE CRANIUM & THE SURFACE OF THE BRAIN.

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WHAT ARE THE 3 LAYERS OF PROTECTIVE TISSUE ASSOCIATED WITH TH MENINGES?

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  1. DURA MATER = BENEATH THE BONE OF THE CRANIUM.
  2. ARACHNOID = BENEATH THE DURA MATER
  3. PIA MATER = GOES INTO THE INDENTATION OF THE SURFACE OF THE BRAIN
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WHAT ARE THE 5 FEATURES OF THE DURA MATER?

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  1. OUTER-MOST LAYER OF THE MENINGES
  2. DENSE & FIBROUS = TOUGH
  3. PRESENT IN 2 LAYERS (OUTER & INNER)
  4. SPACE BETWEEN THE LAYERS FORMS VENOUS SINUSES
  5. INNER LAYER FORMS DURA FOLDS.
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DURA FOLDS ARE:

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FORMED FROM THE INNER LAYER OF THE DURA MATER
THEY SEPERATE MAJOR DIVISIONS OF THE BRAIN
PROVIDES STABILITY OF THE BRAIN WITHIN THE CRANIUM

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WHAT ARE THE 3 TYPES OF DURA FOLDS?

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  1. FALX CEREBRI = SEPERATES CEREBRAL HEMISPHERES (MEDIAN PLANE)
  2. FALX CEREBELLI = SEPRATES CEREBELLAR HEMISPHERES (MEDIAN PLANE)
  3. TANTRUM CEREBELLA = SEPERATE THE CEREBRUM FROM THE CEREBELLUM
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3 FEATURES OF VENOUS SINUS’:

A
  • LOCATED WHERE THE TWO LAYERS OF THE DURA MATER SEPERATE
  • COLLECTING VEINS (SPACE THAT COLLECTS LIQUID)
  • COLLECT TWO THINGS;
    1. VENOUS BLOOD FROM THE BRAIN
    2. OLD CEREBROSPINAL FLUID AFTER IT HAS CYCLED THROUGH THE VENTRICULAR SYSTEM.