Unit 5 Nervous Flashcards
Central nervous system
Brain and spinal cord (inside dorsal bodycavity)
Peripheral nervous system
12 cranial nerves, 31 spinal nerves
Glial cells
‘Glue’ = support cells of neurons
Neuron
Major functional cell, main communicator
Soma
Cell body of neuron ( w/ nucleus etc.)
Process
Extensions from soma
Axon
Processes that connects neuron to its target
Dendrite
Processes that receive info. (Mainly from other neurons)
Gray matter
.neuron cell bodies, dendrites, unmyelinated axons
White matter
Axons W/ fatty coatings (myelin), myelinated axons
Nucleus
Found in CNS
Ganglion
Cluster of cell bodies in PNS
Node of ranvier
Gap in myelin sheath
Axon hillock
Initial segment
Axoplasm
Cytoplasm inside axon
Nissl bodies
Highly developed rough Er of soma
Unipolar(type of neuron)
1 process from soma (most sensory neurons)
Bipolar(type of neuron)
2 processes, rare (retina, olfaction)
Multipolar (type of neuron)
Several processes, most common by far(allmotor and association neurons)
How many glial cells in CNS?
4
Astrocytes (glial)
Maintain extracellular fluid (mop up ions, neurotransmitters); help from blood-brain barrier, least permeable
Ollgodendrocytes (glial)
Provides myelin of CNS
Migroglial cells (glial)
Resident macrophages- gobble up debris
Ependymal (glial)
Help form cerebral spinal fluid from blood plasma; line ventricles and cover each choroid plexus