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Spinal Cord, ANS, CNS, Neurons Flashcards

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What do B nerve fibers do?

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  • Small
  • Myelinated
  • Conduct less rapidly than A
  • Preganglionic autonomic
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What is a chemical synapse?

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Chemical neurotransmitters are released

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What is the dura mater and where is it located?

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  • Outer, tough, fibrous membrane
  • Attached to inner surface of cranium
  • Forms falx and tentorium
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What does a neurons axon do?

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  • One-way conduction
  • Conducts impulses away from the cell body
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What pathways are in the descending fiber system?

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Motor pathways

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What pathways are in the ascending fiber system?

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Sensory pathways

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What do the Corticospinal Tracts do?

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  • Voluntary muscle control

(descending - motor pathway)

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What are the 4 types of A nerve fibers?

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  1. Alpha
  2. Beta
  3. Gamma
  4. Delta
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What does cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) do?

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  • Mechanical support (cushions brain)
  • Controls brain excitability by regulating ionic composition
  • Aids in exchange of nutrients and waste
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What do projection neurons do?

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Carry impulses to other parts of the CNS

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What structures make up venous drainage from the head and neck?

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  • Cerebral Veins
  • Dural venous sinuses
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What signals do Beta nerve fibers send?

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  • Touch
  • Pressure

(A fiber type)

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What signals do Gamma nerve fibers send?

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  • Motor to muscle spindles

(A fiber type)

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The vertebral arteries join to form what artery in the brain?

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  • Vertebral arteries arise off the subclavian arteries and unite to form the basilar artery
    • Bifurcates into two posterior cerebral arteries
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What does the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) do?

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Innervations of involuntary structures:

  • Smooth muscle
  • Heart
  • Glands

Helps maintain homeostasis

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The vertebral arteries supply what parts of the brain?

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  • Brainstem
  • Occipital lobes
  • Cerebellum
  • Parts of Thalamus
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What do the Spinorericular Tracts do?

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  • Deep and Chronic Pain

(ascending - sensory pathway)

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What are the ventricles in the brain for?

How many are there?

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  • Filled with CSF and communicate with each other and with the spinal cord
  • 4 ventricles or cavities
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What do the Tectospinal Tracts do?

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  • Assists in head-turning responses to visual stimuli
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What do the Spinocerebellar Tracts do?

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  • Proprioception from muscle spindles, golgi tendon organs, and touch and pressure receptors to cerebellum for control of voluntary movements

(ascending - sensory pathway)

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What is the subarachnoid space and where is it located?

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  • Contains cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and cistern (major arteries)
  • Between arachnoid and pia mater
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What signals do Alpha nerve fibers send?

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  • Proprioception
  • Somatic Motor

(A fiber type)

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What do the Rubrospinal Tracts do?

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  • Assist in Motor Function
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What is a neuron cell body?

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Genetic center with dendrites to receive information

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What do you call groups of nerve cell bodies?
Nuclei (In the peripheral nervous system, they are **ganglia)**
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What does the **Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS)** do?
Craniosacral Division: CN III, VII, IX, X, pelvic nerves * Conserve and restore homeostasis * Decrease HR & BP * Increase peristalsis & glandular activity
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What do the **Spinothalamic Tracts** do?
* Pain * Temperature * Crude Touch (ascending - sensory pathway)
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What do C nerve fibers do?
* Smallest * Unmyelinated * Slowest conducting
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What does the **Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS)** do?
Thoracolumbar Division T1-L2 * Fight or flight * Emergency response * Increase HR & BP * Constricts peripheral blood vessels * Inhibits peristalsis
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What is the **blood-brain barrier**?
Selective restriction of blood-borne substances from entering the CNS.
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What do the **Vestibulospinal Tracts** do?
* Lateral (uncrosses) and Medial (crossed) * Control muscle tone, antigravity muscles, and postural reflexes
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What spinal tracts run in the ascending fiber system?
* Dorsal Column/Medial Lemniscal System * Spinothalamic Tracts * Spinocerebellar Tracts * Spinoreticular Tracts
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What do **neuroglia** do?
* Support cells that do not transmit signals * Important for myelin and neuron production * Maintenance of K+ levels & reuptake of neurotransmitters after neural transmission at synapses
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What arteries form the **Circle of Willis**?
* Anterior communicating artery connecting the 2 anterior cerebral arteries * Posterior communicating artery connecting each posterior and middle cerebral artery
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The **carotid arteries** supply blood to what part(s) of the brain?
Supplies large area of brain and many deep structures
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What signals do Delta nerve fibers send?
* Pain * Temperature * Touch (A fiber type)
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What do the **lateral ventricles** do?
* Communicates with third ventricle through foramen of Monro * One in each hemisphere
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What does the **Dorsal Columns/Medial Lemniscal system** do?
* Proprioception * Vibration * Tactile Discrimination (ascending - sensory pathway)
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What does the **fourth ventricle** do?
* Foramina of Luschka and Magendie communicate with fourth ventricle through subarachnoid space * Located in pons and medulla
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What are **meninges**?
the 3 membrane layers that surround the brain
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The carotid arteries branch into what main arteries of the brain?
Internal carotid arteries arise off common carotids and branch to form middle and anterior cerebral arteries
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What do the **Reticulospinal Tracts** do?
* Dorsal Gray: modifies transmission of sensation; especially pain) * Ventral Gray: influences gamma motor neurons and spinal reflexes
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What spinal tracts run in the descending fiber system?
* Corticospinal Tracts * Vestibulospinal Tracts * Rubrospinal Tracts * Reticulospinal System * Tectospinal Tract
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What does the **third ventricle** do?
* Communicates with fourth ventricle through cerebral aqueduct * Posterior and deep to lateral ventricles
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What is the **pia mater** and where is it located?
* Innermost layer * Delicate * Covers the brain's surface and follows its contours.
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What do **Interneurons** do?
Short relay neurons
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What is an electrical synapse?
Electrical signals pass directly from cell to cell
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What structures make up a neuron?
* Cell bodies * Axons * Synapses
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What are A nerve fibers?
Large, myelinated, fast-conducting
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What is the **arachnoid mater** and where is it located?
* Delicate, vascular membrane ("spider web") * subdural spaces lies between dura mater and arachnoid mater * subarachnoid space lies deep between arachnoid mater and pia mater
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What do synapses do?
Communicate between neurons
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What are the 2 divisions of the ANS?
1. Sympathetic * Thoracolumbar division: T1-L2 2. Parasympathetic * Craniosacral division: CN III, VII, IX, X, pelvic nerves

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