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1
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Functional divisions of the nervous system

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CNS
PNS

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Sensation is detected by receptors

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Senses: Information on your surroundings
Processed in the CNS

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Receptor types / Type of stimuli they respond to

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Mechanoreceptors

Chemoreceptors

Photoreceptors

Thermoreceptors

Nociceptors

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Mechanoreceptors

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ear, muscle and joints, skin and viscera, cardiovascular

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Chemoreceptors

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tongue, nose, skin and viscera

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Photoreceptors

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eye

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Thermoreceptors

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skin and CNS

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Nociceptors

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respond to stimuli that result in sensation of pain

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step by step; functions of senses

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1) Stimulus
2) Receptor
3) Change in membrane potential
4) Generation of action potential
5) Transmission to CNS
6) Integration of information by CNS

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SENSES - broken down

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GENERAL > SOMATIC {touch, pressure, temperature, pain, proprioception} + VISCERAL { pain, pressure}

SPECIAL > smell, taste, sight, hearing, balance

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Where is the Somatic senses located?

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skin, muscles, joints

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Where is the Visceral senses located?

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internal organs

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Where is the general senses disturbed?

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over a large part of the body

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Where is the receptors located for special senses?

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Receptors localised within specific organs

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Receptors and Sensory units

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A sensory unit is a single afferent neuron and all of its receptor endings.

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Sensory receptors may be…

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1) Neuron with free nerve endings

2) Neuron with encapsulated ending

3) Specialised receptor cells closely associated with neuron

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Sensory receptors function to trigger neuronal response

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Environmental changes cause a change in membrane potential in receptor

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Receptor or generator potential

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GRADED

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What happens if the signal reaches threshold?

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It will trigger an action potential

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This information goes to the brain via ascending fibres; what type of fibres?

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afferent nerve fibres

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The stronger the stimulus the ________ the graded receptor potential, the more frequent the action potentials of the afferent neurone the more neurotransmitter is released at the synapse

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larger

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is AP graded?

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No

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Each Neuron Has A Receptive Field

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Region of space where the presence of a stimulus will induce the production of a signal in that neuron

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What is unique about the receptive fields in the sensory neurones?

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Several sensory neurones may have overlapping receptive fields

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What is unique about the receptive fields in the sensory neurones?

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Several sensory neurones may have overlapping receptive fields

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The smaller the receptive fields, the more ______ a representation of the stimulus is signaled to the brain

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accurate

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Brain cannot differentiate between two stimuli acting on the same receptive field

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Tested clinically to test for damage : Two point discrimination task

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Somatosensory NS - pathways

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many different paths

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Somatic nervous system

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Linked to skeletal muscles

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29
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What does somatic nervous system do?

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Gives us perception of touch, temperture, body position and pain

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External - somatic NS role

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Process stimuli received from receptors within the skin muscles and joints

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Are responses voluntary or involuntary?

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Both =
Reflexes & Breathing

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32
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Pathways for Somatic Perception Project to the _______ and _______

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a) Cortex
b) Cerebellum

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Sensory Receptors in skin - more superficial

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1) Free nerve endings

2) Merkel corpuscle

3) Meissners corpuscle

4) Pacinian Corpuscles

5) Ruffini corpuscles

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1) Free nerve endings

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Temperature, noxious stimuli, hair movement

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2) Merkel corpuscle

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Steady Pressure, texture

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3) Meissners corpuscle

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Flutter, light pressure

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4) Pacinian Corpuscles

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Vibrations

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5) Ruffini corpuscles

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Stretch

39
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Free nerve endings are important in ___

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Pain - deeper

40
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Different types of sensory neurons for different types of ______

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receptors

41
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Most neurones are _____ for electrical insulation.

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myelinated

42
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If neurone is myelinated they have a high?

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NCV - Nerve conduction velocity (higher speed)

43
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Ascending sensory pathways

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Somatosensory pathways take the message to the spinal cord and brain – somatosensory cortex

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Ascending sensory pathways

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Somatosensory pathways take the message to the spinal cord and brain – somatosensory cortex

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How many afferent pathways to the brain?

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2

46
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Dorsal column lemniscal for…

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fine touch, vibration and position

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Spinothalamic for…

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crude touch temperature, and pain

48
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Three neurons which synapse in the spinal cord (1) and in the thalamus (2)

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Cross the midline in the CNS/spinal cord

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Terminate in the…

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somatosensory cortex

(Somatotopic representation)

50
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The amount of space on the somatosensory cortex devoted to each body part is proportional to the sensitivity of that part

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The bigger amount of space are in the
- Face fingertips tongue hands genitalia

51
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Motor pathways take the message to the spinal cord and muscles

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2 neurons which synapse with each other in the spinal cord
Cross the midline in the spinal cord

52
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Terminate at the neuromuscular junction with which muscle?

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Skeletal muscle

53
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Somatotopic representation in the _____ cortex.

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motor

54
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Reflexes

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A reflex pathway is commonly known as a reflex

55
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Simple somatic reflexes ___ ___ include the higher centres discussed for conscious or voluntary aspects of movement.

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do not

56
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How would you describe a reflex?

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An automatic, involuntary, consistent response

57
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Sensors detect external stimuli and sensory neurones sends an impulse to:

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the spinal cord

58
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Interneurons (spine) relay the information immediately back to the motor neurons which causes:

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movements

59
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reflexes is involuntary- generally

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NO THOUGHT is involved - this is for protection of your body

60
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The Five Components to the Reflex Arc

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1) Receptor
2) Afferent neurone [which takes message to spinal chord]
3) Intergration Centre (sometimes)
4) Efferent neurone
5) Effector organs (where action has been taken - muscle)

61
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Stretch Reflex

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Involves Muscle spindle

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Muscle Spindles are

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Proprioceptors

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Muscle spindles are specialised muscle fibres surrounded by a capsule inside skeletal muscle
Runs parallel to muscle and causes

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a contraction

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Proprioceptors

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sense muscle length (stretch) and activate sensory neurones

65
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When does stretch reflex occur?

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when muscle proprioceptors detect the stretch and tension of a muscle
send messages to the spinal cord to contract it.

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Stretch reflex increases muscle tension to

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counter stretching

67
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What are stretch reflex properties?

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Allows fluidity of movement
Vital for bearing body weight, etc.

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Step by step = stretch reflex

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5 steps

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1) stretching

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Stretching of muscle stimulates muscle spindles

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2) activation

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Activation of sensory neurone

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3) Information processing

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Info processing at motor neurone

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4) activation of neurone

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Activation of MOTOR neurone

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5) contraction

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Contraction of muscle

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step 5 > 1

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opposes / prevents it from happening

75
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Golgi Tendon Organs:

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Control of muscle contraction

76
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Proprioceptors:

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between muscle and tendon sense tension and activate sensory neurones (type Ib)

77
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Axons synapse onto inhibitory spinal

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interneurones

78
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These inhibit α motorneurones (using GABA/glycine) and reduce

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contraction

79
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What is voluntary movement is controlled by

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the brain

80
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The primary motor cortex in

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the frontal lobe

81
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Brain - Integrates information from the

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somatosensory cortex BUT doesn’t work alone

82
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What is the role of the Cerebellum/

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Associated with balance and coordination
Examples: clapping hands, speaking, writing,

Inhibited in ethanol intoxication

83
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Where is the cerebellum located in the brain?

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The outer layer (pink)

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