Section 3a: Sensory Contribution Flashcards
Why do we need sensory information?
Sensory Feedback is important so we learn how to navigate and interact with our world using our motor behaviour
where do the sensory feedback receptors stem from?
head
muscles
joints
skin
what are the parts of the neuron
- cell body: where the nucleus is
- dendrites: branches of cell body and connects to other neuron’s
- axon: where the electric signal travels by propagating down
- presynaptic terminal: where there neurotransmitters are made & stored in vesicles
- postsynaptic neuron- the neuron that receives the signal from the other neuron’s by the neurotransmitters
what are the 4 functional components that generate signals
-receptive components: dendrite
- Integrative Component: for Sensory its the first node of ranvier; for motor/interneurons its the axon hillock
- signalling components: axon to conduct action potential
- Secretory: a post synaptic terminal
what are the 3 types of neurons
Sensory- (afferent) PNS to CNS
Motor (Efferent) CNS to PNS
Interneurons: in CNS connecting the sensory info to motor neurone
what’s the resting membrane potentials?
-65 to -70mV
what are the states of a neuron
depolarization: when the inside of the membrane has become more positive by the increase Na+ in the membrane
hyperpolarization: when the inside of the membrane have become more negative than resting potential due to efflux of K+ ions
what are the 3 types of potentials?
- Receptor Potential
- Synaptic Potential
- Action Potential
Describe an Action potenial
it occurs when a receptor or synaptic potential is able to change the resting membrane potential to its critical threshold of -55mV. Then a positive feedback loop of depolarization by Na+ channels occurs and increases until +50mV
describe a receptor potential
sensory receptors relieve energy and causes a disturbance in the resting membrane potential but as signal travels passively, it loses amplitude
describe a synaptic potential
similar to receptor except a neurotransmitter release from one neuron causes a disturbance in the post synaptic neuron altering the resting membrane potential but is also decreases in amplitude as it travels
What are the 2 features of the signal from neuron?
- number of action potentials
- time between the action potentials
what 4 features are the nervous system extracting from the signals they receive
- modality: type of stimulus
- intensity: the frequency and number of receptors as firing (population coding), area sensitivity
- duration: how long stimulus is detected
- location: some area of skin have large receptive fields and others have small to detect fine stimuli
how does the brain know about modality or location?
labelled line concept- each neuron is delivering one aspect of information from a place in the body and the nervous system knows what information is carried by what neurons
what is proprioception?
the sensation and perception of limb, trunk and head position
what are the 3 types intrafusal muscle fibres
nuclear bag
- dynamic 1 bag
- static 2 bag
chain fibres
what does dynamic 1 bag detect?
changes in muscle length and limb/muscle movement
