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W8 - Neural System Flashcards

1
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What comes under the CNS

A

Brain

Spinal cord

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2
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What comes under the PNS

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Cranial nerves (12 pairs)

Spinal nerves (31 pairs)

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Parts of the brain

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Cerebrum

Cerebellum

Diencephalon

Brain stem

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4
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What are the 4 lobes of the cerebrum?

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Frontal

Parietal

Temporal

Occipital

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5
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What is the cerebellum responsible for?

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Coordinating voluntary movements, including motor skills like:

Balance
Coordination
Posture

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6
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What is the Diencephalon responsible for?

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Processes sensory info + has autonomic control

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7
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What does the Diencephalon contain?

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Epithalamus

Thalamus

Hypothalamus

Ventral thalamus

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8
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What is the brainstem responsible for?

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Involuntary actions of the body

i.e heat beat + breathing

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9
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What does the brain stem connect what to what?

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Brain to spinal cord

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10
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What are the 2 main parts of the brain?

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Left = Motor area

Right = Sensory area

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11
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What does TMS stand for?

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Transcranial magnetic stimulation

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12
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CRANIAL NERVES

Which is a sensory nerve involved with the nose for smell?

A

Cranial nerve 1

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CRANIAL NERVES

Which is a sensory nerve involved with the eye for vision?

A

Cranial nerve 2

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CRANIAL NERVES

Which is a motor nerve involved with the upper eyelid + eyeball?

A

Cranial nerve 3

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CRANIAL NERVES

Which is a motor nerve involved with the movement of the eyeball?

A

CN 4

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CRANIAL NERVES

Which is a sensory/motor nerve involved with touching, pain + chewing ?

A

CN 5

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17
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In what 2 ways are nerves grouped?

A

Afferent

Efferent

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18
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What do afferent nerves do?

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Carry signals FROM receptors in the periphery TO the CNS.

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19
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What type of neurones are afferent neurones?

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Sensory

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20
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What do efferent nerves do?

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Carry impulses away from the CNS to effectors i.e muscles.

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What type of neurones are efferent neurones?

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Motor

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22
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Examples of sensory neurones

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Baroreceptors

Chemoreceptors

Mechano/proprioreceptors

Metaboreceptors

Thermoreceptors

Nociceptors

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23
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What are baroreceptors sensitive to changes in?

A

bp

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24
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What do nociceptors detect?

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Pain

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25
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What is an association neurone also known as?

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An interneurone

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26
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What do interneurones do?

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Connect spinal motor + sensory neurones by passing the afferent transmission to the efferent response w/out need to involve the brain.

However they can also communicate with each other to form circuits of various complexity.

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27
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What is a myotatic stretch reflex?

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Contraction of a muscle in response to its passive stretching.

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28
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What does the stretch reflex do when a muscle is stretched?

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Regulates the length of the muscle by ⬆️ its contractility as long as the stretch is w/in the physiological limits.

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29
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What does the brainstem consist of?

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Medulla

Pons

Midbrain regions

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30
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Which division comes off the CNS?

Afferent or Efferent?

A

Afferent

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31
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Which division comes off the PNS?

Afferent or Efferent?

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Efferent

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32
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What are the 3 main components of the stretch reflex?

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Muscle spindle responding to stretch

Afferent nerve fibre carrying sensory impulse from spindle –> spinal cord

Efferent spinal cord motor neurone activating the stretched muscle fibres

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33
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Efferent division in the autonomic nervous system

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Includes involuntary processes by involving the SNS + PNS

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34
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Efferent division in the somatic nervous system

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Includes motor neurones to initiate skeletal muscle function

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35
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What senses change in the internal + external env through sensory receptors

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Afferent neurons

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36
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What analyses the sensory info, stores some aspects + makes decisions

A

Interneurons

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37
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What neurone responds to stimuli by initiation of action?

A

Efferent

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38
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What is nervous tissue composed of?

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Neurones

Neuroglia (supporting cells)

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39
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Where can the 6 types of neuroglia be found?

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4 in the CNS

2 in the PNS

40
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What are the 4 neuroglia/glial cells in the CNS?

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Astrocytes

Microglial cells

Epndymal cells

Oligodendrocytes

41
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What are the 2 neuroglia in the PNS?

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Satellite cells

Schwann Cells

42
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What are dendrites?

A

Motor neurones

43
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How long are dendrites?

A

Short

BUT have a large surface area for receiving signals from other neurones.

44
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What do dendrites do?

A

Convey incoming messages towards the cell body

45
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What is the dendrite region also known as?

A

Receptive input region

46
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What do astrocytes do?

A

Regulate electrical transmission in the brain

47
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Do neuroglia generate or conduct nerve impulses?

48
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What are the 2 components of a motor unit?

A

Alpha-motor neuron (AMN)

Muscle fibres innervated by the AMN

49
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What are the 3 types of motor unit?

A

Slow / type 1

Fatigue resistant / type IIa

Fast fatiguing / type IIx

50
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What does the axon hillock do?

A

Acts like a manager:

Summing the total inhibitory + excitatory signals.

  • If the sum of these signals exceeds a certain threshold, the AP will be triggered + an electrical signal will be transmitted down the axon AWAY from the cell body.
51
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What on the neuron services as a contact point?

52
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What do Schwann Cells play an essential role in?

A

Development, maintenance, function + regeneration of peripheral nerves.

53
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In the mature nervous system, what are the 2 classes that Schwann Cells can be categorised into?

A

Myelinating cells

Nonmyelinating cells

54
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What is the node of Ranvier?

A

1-2 micrometer gap between the glial cells of the myelin sheath.

55
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When is the node of Ranvier ONLY ever present?

A

When the axon of a neuron is myelinated.

56
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What is the importance of the myelin sheath?

A

For the speed of the impulses

57
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What are the 3 nerve fibre groups?

A

A - Alpha, beta, gamma

B - Nerve fibres

C - Nerve fibres

58
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Are A - Alpha, beta, gamma fibres myelinated?

59
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Are B - Nerve fibres myelinated?

A

Moderately

60
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Are C - Nerve fibres myelinated?

61
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What happens to the velocity of the AP when there’s more myelination?

62
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What happens to the velocity of the AP when there’s a bigger axon diameter?

63
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What happens to the velocity of the AP when temp increases?

64
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What are the structural classifications of neurones?

A

Multipolar

Bipolar

Unipolar

65
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Where is the cell body in a multipolar neurone?

A

In the dendrites

66
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Where is the cell body in a bipolar neurone?

67
Q

Out of the 3 classifications of neurones, which has the shortest axon?

A

Bipolar neurone

68
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Where is the cell body in a unipolar neuron?

A

Middle but to the side

69
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What do APs do?

A

Reverse the membrane potential + then restore it to a resting state

70
Q

What are the excitable cells?

A

Neurons

Muscle

Endocrine

71
Q

Define a membrane potential

A

Difference in the amount of electrical charge inside + outside of cell

72
Q

Define a physics potential

A

Separation of charge

73
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What charge does a neurone have at rest?

A
  • ive

- 70mV

74
Q

What are the main ions inside + outside neurones?

A

Na+

K+

Cl-

Organic anions

75
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What causes there resting membrane potential?

A

No. of +ively K+ inside + outside the cell

76
Q

What channels are CLOSED at the resting potential?

A

All voltage-gated Na+

Most voltage-gated K+

77
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What does the Na+/K+ transporter do at resting potential of the membrane?

A

Pumps K+ INTO cell

Na+ OUT

78
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What happens to the resting membrane potential in response to depolarisation?

A

Some Na+ channels open = Na+ INTO cell

Membrane starts to depolarise so charge across membrane decreases.

IF threshold of excitation is reached = ALL Na+ channels open

79
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What happens at the peak AP?

A

Na+ channels close

K+ channels open

= K+ leave cell = membrane eventually becomes hyperpolarized.

80
Q

What causes a neurone at rest to be slightly negative compared to the surrounding fluid?

A

The movement of K+ ions OUT of cell

81
Q

What is it called when the membrane is hyperpolarized and can’t fire impulses?

A

In the refractory period

82
Q

What must happen within a neuron for it to reach its threshold in order to carry out an action potential?

A

Na+ enter cell via open channels to make inside of cell increasingly less -ive

83
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What are the types of membrane ion channels?

A

Leakage channels

Voltage gated channels

Ligand-gated ion channels

84
Q

What are the types of synapse?

A

Chemical

Electrical

85
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How do synaptic vesicles release neurotransmitters?

A

By exocytosis

86
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Name an excitatory NT

87
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Name an inhibitory NT

A

Gamma aminobutyric acid

88
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Name the NT that function as excitatory + inhibitory NTs

A

Acetylcholine

Noradrenaline

89
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What is the excitatory postsynaptic potential (EPSP) responsible for?

A

Depolarisation via the ligand-gated Na+ channels

90
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What is the inhibitory postsynaptic potential (IPSP) responsible for?

A

“More” -ive or hyper polarised via ligand-gated Cl- or K+ channels

91
Q

What are the types of signal summation?

A

Spatial summation

Temporal summation

92
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What is Spatial summation?

A

When more primary afferent (presynaptic) neurones are activated simultaneously until enough NT is released to activate an AP in the spinal cord (postsynaptic) neuron.

93
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What is temporal summation?

A

Happens when 1 presynaptic neurone releases NT many times over a period of time

94
Q

Which part of the brain coordinates movement?

A

Cerebellum

95
Q

Which are the functional divisions of the PNS?

A

Somatic nervous system

Autonomic nervous system

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