Week 4 Nervous System Flashcards

1
Q

Nerve cells are made up of

A

Neurons with nuclei

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2
Q

Dendrites

A

Where neuron receives input from other cells

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3
Q

Axon

A

Sends out info to CNS or out to body

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4
Q

Axons are wrapped in

A

Schwann cells

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5
Q

Schwann cells

A

Myelin sheath covered lipid filled cells

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6
Q

Where does depolarization/ repolarization take place?

A

between the schwann cells on the axon

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7
Q

Terminal button

A

at the end of the schwann cells releases neurotransmitters to synapse cleft

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8
Q

What allows waves to jump quickly along axon?

A

Myelin

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9
Q

CNS glial cells

A

oligodentroctes

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10
Q

PNS glial cells

A

schwann cells

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11
Q

Grey matter

A

composed of nerve cell bodies because its not myelinated

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12
Q

White matter

A

composed of axons wrapped in myelin (myelin is white, fat)

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13
Q

Grey and white matter in brain

A

grey outside white inside

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14
Q

Grey and white matter in spinal cord

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White outside, grey inside

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15
Q

Central canal

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space in middle of spinal cord where cerebral spinal fluid can move, crucial for health of CNS

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16
Q

Cerebellum

A

bird brain, non voluntary movement
at the back of the head, below the temporal and occipital lobes and above the brainstem

17
Q

relay station where info gets sent to cerebral cortex

A

Thalamus

18
Q

control and regulation ANS

A

hypothalamus

19
Q

Midbrain, pons, medulla oblongada

A

brain stem - control HR and resp rate and cranial nerves arise from it

20
Q

Executive functioning, thinking, planning, problem solving, organizing, emotions, behavioral control, personality

A

frontal lobe

21
Q

motor cortex

A

motor cortex

22
Q

sensation

A

sensory cortex

23
Q

memory, understanding, language

A

temporal lobe

24
Q

perception, making sense of world, arithmetic, spelling

A

parietal lobe

25
Q

vision

A

occipital lobe

26
Q

Where neuron receives input from other cells

A

Dendrites

27
Q

Sends out info to CNS or out to body

A

Axons

28
Q

Schwann cells cover

A

axons

29
Q

Myelin sheath covered lipid filled cells are called

A

schwann cells

30
Q

what happens between the schwann cells on the axon

A

de and repolarization

31
Q

at the end of the schwann cells releases neurotransmitters to synapse cleft

A

Terminal button

32
Q

control HR and resp rate and cranial nerves arise from it

A

brain stem