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13.11 Nervous Coordination Flashcards

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What does the nervous system involve?

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  • Detection of stimuli by receptors
  • Transmission of nerve impulses by neurons
  • Response by effectors
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Types of neurones

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  • Sensory neuron
  • Relay neuron
  • Motor neuron
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Structure of (motor) neurone

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  • Dendrites
  • Cell body
  • Nucleus
  • Axon
  • Myelin sheath
  • Nodes of Ranvier
  • Schwann cell
  • Terminal end branch
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Function of nucelus

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Found in the cell body and contains the DNA which codes for neurotransmitters

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Function of dendrites

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Extensions of the cytoplasm of the cell body receiving chemical signals from other neurons at the postsynaptic membrane

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Function of cell body

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Contains the nucleus and groups of ribosomes needed to synthesise neurotransmitters

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Function of axon

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Long extension of the cytoplasm that transmit impulses away from cell body towards the terminal ends

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Function of myelin sheath

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Formed as Schwann cells grow around the axon
provide electrical insulation
Speeds up transmission

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Function of Schwann cells

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Surround peripheral nerves and forms myelin sheath
K+ and Na+ ions cannot diffuse through

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Function of terminal end branch

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Connect to other neurons or effectors

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How is resting potential established and maintained?

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  • High conc of Na+ on outside of neuron
  • High conc of K+ on the inside of the neuron
  • Many Na+/K+ pumps that move 3 NA+ out and 2K+ in
    via ATP hydrolysis
  • Na+ voltage gated channel proteins are closed
  • Na+ pumped out cannot diffuse back in
  • K+ channel proteins are leaky/mainly closed
  • K+ can diffuse back out

Net result= more positive on outside than inside

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How a nerve impulse is transmitted?

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  • Resting potential maintained until membrane is stimulated
  • Action potential is where the membrane reaches a threshold and becomes depolarised
  • An action potential is the reversal of the resting potential
  • -70mV to 40mV
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Process of depolarisation

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  • Stimulus causes membrane to become more permeable to Na+ ions
  • Na+ channel proteins are open if threshold reached
  • Higher conc of Na+ outside the cell
  • Na+ ions rapidly diffuse into the cell via FD
  • Higher conc of Na+ inside the cell reverses action potential
  • Inside is more positive
  • K+ voltage-gated channel proteins remain closed
  • High conc of + ions is action potential
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Three types of nerve impulses

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Resting potential
Depolarisation
Repolarisation
(Hyperpolarisation)

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Process of repolarisation

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  • Once the internal potential reaches +40mV
    Na+ ion voltage gated channel proteins close
  • K+ voltage gated channel proteins open
  • More K+ ions inside than outside
  • K+ ions diffuse out down a conc gradient
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Process of hyperpolarisation

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  • K+ ion channel proteins remain open longer than needed to reach action potential
  • Inside of the cell more negative to -90mV
  • Sodium potassium pump restores the resting potential back to -70mV
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The all or nothing principle

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Above the threshold the full sized action potential is given regardless of the increase in the size of the stimulus

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Refractory period

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Time taken to restore the resting potential potential

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What is the impulse transmission along the axon

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Action potential acts as a stimulus to adjacent polarised areas of the membrane and this causes the action potential to be passed along

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Saltatory conduction

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Impulse travels by jumping from one Node of Ranvier to the next Node of Ranvier
To increase the rate of transmission

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Factors affecting the speed of conduction of impulses

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  1. Myelin sheath and saltatory conduction
  2. Temperature
  3. Axon diameter
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How does temperature affect the rate of transmission?

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Increase in temp
Increase in kinetic energy
Increase in the rate of diffusion
Increase the rate of conduction

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How does axon diameter affect the rate of transmission

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The larger the axon diameter, the greater the speed of conductance
Larger membrane surface area - increase in number of channel proteins

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Most synapses are…

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cholinergic- use acetylcholine neurotransmitter

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Why are most impulses unidirectional?
From pre-SN to post-SN Vesicles containing neurotransmitters only produced in pre-SN AND Neurotransmitter receptor proteins only found on membrane of the post-SN membrane.
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Process of synaptic transmission
- Action potential arrives - Voltage gated Ca2+ channel opens - Ca+ ion diffuse into the synaptic knob (presynaptic neuron) via facilitated diffusion - Vesicles fuse with presynaptic membrane to release acetylcholine via exocytosis - Acetylcholine diffuse down conc gradient, across cleft and bind to receptors on post-SN - Na+ channels open allowing Na+ into postsynaptic neuron - If membrane potential reaches threshold= membrane becomes depolarised and action potential occurs and spreads along axon membrane of post SN - K+ channels open allowing K+ out into the cleft enzyme acetylcholinesterase hydrolyses acetylcholine into choline and ethanoic acid using water to break the ester bond
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Types of neurotransmitters
Excitatory Inhibitory
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Type of inhibitory neurotransmitter
GABA
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How do inhibitory neurotransmitters work
- Resting potential= hyperpolarized - Less likely to reach threshold in the postsynaptic membrane and generate action potential
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What is the neuromuscular junction?
A synapse between a motor neuron and a muscle cell uses acetylcholine which binds to receptors
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Adaptations to muscular junctions that differentiate them from synapses
1. Lots of folds, increase in surface area for more enzymes 2. More receptors 3. Always triggers a response
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Summation
Build-up of neurotransmitters within the synapse
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Two types of summation
Spatial Temporal
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Process of spatial summation
- Different neurons converge at a single synapse - Action potentials arrive from several different neurons - Release of enough neurotransmitter to reach threshold and cause an action potential
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Process of temporal summation
- Only one presynaptic neuron - Impulses arrive in rapid succession giving a cumulative effect - Sufficient to depolarise the post synaptic neuron
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How do excitatory neurotransmitters work
Cause action potential in post SN by making resting potential LESS negative LESS sodium ions required to reach threshold
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As a neurone transmits an impulse, its rate of oxygen consumption increases. Explain why.
* ATP required for active transport; * Na+ (actively) moved out only at nodes in myelinated / Na+ (actively) moved out along whole length of axon in non-myelinated;
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Describe how a resting potential is maintained in a neurone.
* active transport/pumping of sodium (ions across membrane); * out of neurone/higher concentration outside; * differential permeability to K+ and Na+; * Membrane more permeable to K+ ions;
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The potential across the membrane is reversed when an action potential is produced. Describe how.
* Sodium ion gates / channel (proteins) open; * Na+ (rapidly) diffuse in;
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SYNAPSE: Describe the sequence of events leading to the release of acetylcholine and its binding to the postsynaptic membrane.
* Depolarisation of presynaptic membrane; * Ca2+ channels open and calcium ions enter (synaptic knob); * (Calcium ions cause) synaptic vesicles move to/fuse with presynaptic membrane and release acetylcholine / neurotransmitter; * Acetylcholine/neurotransmitter diffuses across (synaptic cleft); * (Acetylcholine attaches) binds to receptors on the postsynaptic membrane; * Sodium ions enter (postsynaptic neurone) leading to depolarisation;
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When a nerve impulse arrives at a synapse, it causes the release of neurotransmitter from vesicles in the presynaptic knob. Describe how.
* (Nerve impulse/depolarisation of membrane) causes Ca2+ channel (proteins) to open; * Ca2+ enter by (facilitated) diffusion; * Causes (synaptic) vesicles to fuse with (presynaptic) membrane;
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The binding of GABA to receptors on postsynaptic membranes causes negatively charged chloride ions to enter postsynaptic neurones. Explain how this will inhibit transmission of nerve impulses by postsynaptic neurones.
* (Inside of postsynaptic) neurone becomes more negative/hyperpolarised; * More sodium ions required (to reach threshold) OR Not enough sodium ions enter (to reach threshold); * For depolarisation/action potential;
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Describe how the speed of the conduction could be increased in a neurone.
* Axon is myelinated; * So shows saltatory conduction/impulses jump from node of Ranvier to node of Ranvier; OR * Axon has a larger diameter; * So less resistance to flow of ions;
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Myelination affects the rate of conduction of a nerve impulse. Explain how.
* Impulse jumps from node of Ranvier to node of Ranvier / depolarisation only at node of Ranvier; * Fewer jumps / depolarisations to travel length of axon;
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Describe how the inhibition of acetylcholinesterase affects the action of synapses.
* Acetylcholine not broken down / stays bound to receptor; * Na+ ions (continue to) enter / (continued) depolarisation / Na+ channels (kept) open / action potentials;
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Describe what is meant by the term refractory period
* (Refractory period) limits number of impulses per second/frequency of nerve impulses; * Maximum frequency of impulse transmission * Period of time between threshold and resting membrane potential. * When maximum frequency reached/exceeded, no further increase in information/ all (higher) stimuli seem the same;

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