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Unit 3 - Nervous systems Flashcards

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What is role of the Central Nervous system?

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The central nervous system consists of the brain and spinal cord. It receives sensory information from the peripheral nervous system about stimuli is the environment and processes this information before deciding to carry out a response.

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What is the role of the peripheral nervous system

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The peripheral nervous system consists of the complete network of neurons located outside the CNS, comprised of all muscles, glands and organs. The role of the PNS is to receive information from the receptor sites and transmit this information to the CNS. Its role is also to respond to this info through effector sites once the CNS decides on an appropriate response. The PNS is broken into two subdivisions, being somatic and autonomic.

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What is the CNS made up of

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Brain and spinal cord

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What is the role of the brain

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Responsible for higher order thinking and functioning, while regulating and guiding all other parts of the nervous system. Receives and interprets sensory information and decides on appropriate motor responses to this information.

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What is the role of the spinal cord

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passes sensory information from pas to brain. Passes motor information from brain to PNS.

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Why is the spinal cord referred to as a two direction highway?

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There are many afferent tracts going from the PNS towards the brain and efferent tracts going from the brain to the body.

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what is the role of the nervous system

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The role of there nervous system is to receive, process and respond.

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What are receptor sites

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Where sensory information is received (skin, sight, taste, hearing)

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What are effector sites

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where response initiated by the motor neurons occurs

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what is the role of the somatic nervous system?

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The somatic nervous system is responsible for voluntary, movement and responses. It consists of a network of neurons within the body that transmits information from receptor site to the CNS.

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What is the role of the autonomic nervous system

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Responsible for regulating the function of internal organs and glands involuntarily, with our conscious control. It also focuses on our body’s survival and maintaining regulation.

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can we have conscious control over our autonomic nervous system

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It is possible to have some control over the Autonomic nervous system through a process called biofeedback..

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What is biofeedback

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A process by which we can control our autonomic nervous system functions. Whereby we receive information from the ANS to know when to use specific technique to exert some form of control over the ANS. such as slowing our breathing when we feel our heart rate increase

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What are the two decisions of the autonomic nervous system

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sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system

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what is the process from reception to the effector site

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receptor site - sensory neuron - afferent pathways -spinal cord/afferent tracts - brain/interneurons - mortor neurons -efferent tracts/spinal cord - efferent pathways - effector site

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What is the role of the sympathetic nervous system

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Division of the Ans that activates the internal muscles organs and glands to prepare the body for vigorous activity or to deal with a stressful/threatening situation. It is the part of the nervous system involved in the fight-flight-freeze response.

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What does the sympathetic nervous system do to the body?

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Release adrenalin, increase heart rate, increase respiration, dilated pupils

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Define the fight flight freeze response

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The fight flight freeze response is initiated by the sympathetic nervous system to prepare the body to confront a stressful situation to optimise the chance of survival. Which mechanism adopted is dependant on the likelihood of survival in each situation

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What is the role of the parasympathetic nervous system

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Davison of the ANS that keeps the body functioning effectively and maintaining homeostasis. Counter balances sympathetic nervous sytem

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How do the two system work together to keep the body functioning at its optimal level?

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Work together to harness and reserve the body’s resources needed at any one time.

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What are sensory neurons

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Neurons that carry messages from the receptor sit to cns

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what are motor neurons

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Carry motor neural information from cos to effector site

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what is the difference between conscious and unconscious responses

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Some information involves our conscious awareness and somatic nervous system functions, meaning we are in control of these actions and can stop them at any time whereas unconscious responses we are not aware of and involve our autonomic nervous system; we cannot control these functions such as breathing, heart rate, stomach contractions.

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What is the spinal reflex

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Often called the reflex action or reflex arc, the spinal reflex is An unconscious response initiated by inter-neurons in the spinal cord NOT THE BRAIN when a response is urgent. It is a type of survival response that occurs before we register it in the brain.

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How come we become conscious pain after the spinal reflex occurs

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Because neutron still travel to the brain for us to register this act and take further conscious responses such as crying, screaming etc.

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What does a spinal reflex occur?

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Used to help our survival when we need to respond quickly!

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What is the role of the interneuron

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To allow motor and sensory neurons to communicate between each other

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What are afferent neurons

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Sensory

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What are Efferent neurons

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Motor

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What is the role of dendrites

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Receives and detects neural information from pre-synaptic neurons

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What is the role of the Soma

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Integrates information received from the dendrites and transmits to axon. Contains the nucleus which is responsible for keeping the cell alive

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What is the role of the nucleus

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Contains genetic material within the cell and controls neural flow

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What is the role of the axon

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Carries the neural impulse away from the cell body towards the axon terminals.

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What is the role of the myelin sheath

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Acts as an electrical insulator and increases the speed of neural signals down the axon.

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What is the role of the axon terminals?

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Stores chemicals called neurotransmitters which assist in the transmission of neural information from one neuron to another.

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What are all the parts of the neuron

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Dendrites, soma, nucleus, myelin sheath, son, axon terminals, terminal buttons

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What energy is used during neural communications

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electrochemical

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Why do neurons adapt

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To suit the frequency we need them and the speed of communication

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What type of energy is used with communication within neurons

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Electrical

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What is resting potential

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Negatively charged neutron that are unactivated and waiting for a neural message

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What is the charge inside and outside a resting potential neutron

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Inside: negative
Outside: Positive

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What is action potential

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Occurs when neutron is activated by a neural impulse. Once this starts its all or nothing

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What is the charge inside and outside an action potential neuron

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Inside: positive
Outside: Negative

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What is the type of energy used when there is communication between neurons

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chemical

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What is the process of neural communication between neurons

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Pre-synaptic neuron’ terminal button releases neurotransmitters across the synaptic gap and is received by the receptors on the membrane on the post synaptic neutron whereby it is converted to electrical energy

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What is synapse

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The process by which neurotransmitters travel across the gap from the post synaptic neutron to the pre synaptic neutron

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What is the role of neurotransmitters

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A neurotransmitter is a chemical substance, typically made up of small molecules. When a neurotransmitter is released t finds the receptor on the post-synaptic membrane. Each neurotransmitter binds with a specific type of receptor. This works as a lock and key process to unlock the receptor’s potential.

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what is meant by the ‘lock and key’ process

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Each neurotransmitter binds with a specific receptor, and therefore only particular types of neurotransmitters can unlock that receptors potential

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What are the 2 types of neurotransmitters

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excretory and inhibitory

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What is the role of excitatory neurons

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To cause neurons to fire and thus stimulate a response

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What are two types of excitatory neurotransmitters

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Glutamate and dopamine

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what is the role of glutamate

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Memory formation and learning

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What is the role go Dopamine

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Drive, motivation and movement

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What is the role of inhibitory neurotransmitters

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To stop/slo the neutron from firing and hence prevent a response

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what are two most prominent inhibitory neurotransmitters

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GABA

Serotonin

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What is the role of GABA

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reducing anxiety, motor control, vision

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What is the role of serotonin

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Stabilising mood

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What happens if you have too much and not enough glitamate

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Too much: Overwhelmed with learning and memories,

Too Little: Can’t consolidate or form a memory

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What happens if there is not enough GABA

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LESS CONTROL AND MORE ANXIETY

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When can neurotransmitter deficiency occur?

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from an imbalance or deficiency in a particular type of neurotransmitter

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What are some causes of neurotransmitter interuption

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Alcohol and drugs, diet and nutrition, stress, genetics

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What are 4 side effects of neurotransmission

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mental health disorders, addiction, immobility, weight loss/gain

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How can neurotransmitter interruptions be treated

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Through drugs and medication that artificially replaces lost neurotransmitters

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What is a result of deficiency in serotonin

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emotional disturbance that can result in depression, ADHD, and schizophrenia, cannot associate emotion with situation

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What is the result of a deficiency in dopamine

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Depression

66
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Define Parkinsons disease

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Parkinson’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterised by both motor and non-motor symptoms, such as tremors, rigidity and slowness in thinking.

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What is the causes of Parkinson’s disease symptoms?

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Result from a damaged or diseased substantial nigra which has a role in the control of voluntary, smooth coordinated movements. The substantial nigra produces dopamine, and therefore through this damage there is a loss of production. and neural messages to the basal ganglia and primary motor cortex are received slower and less causing a disruption in movement.

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What is the role of dopamine in Parkinsons disease

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Dopamine is produced in the substantia nigra which is damaged/diseased in Parkinson’s. With there being less dopamine neurons there is less neural messages being transmitted to the basal ganglia and from there, the primary motor cortex. This results in disrupted movement as the brain structures receive less and slower messages about motor activity.

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What age group does parkinson affect

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60+

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What is the role of GABA

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Reduces sensitivity to muscle cells to nerve stimulation.

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