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9.2 Flashcards

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peripheral nervous system

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afferent
-sensory
efferent
-motor

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central nervous system

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central -brain and spinal chord
peripheral - pairs of nerves which originate from the brain or spinal chord

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efferent nervous sytem

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somatic
-under voluntary control
autonomic
-involuntary

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autonomic nervous system

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sympathetic
-positive stimulation
-speed up
-fight or flight
parasympathetic
-inhibitory
-slows down activity
-resting and digesting

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compare and contrast sym and para

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sim -
NS fibres leave the CNS in a ganglion (collection of nerve fibres)
dis-
sym, ganglia close to the CNS
para, ganglia close to the effector organ y

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compare and contrast sym and para funtions

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sym
-produces noradrenaline
-fight or flight response
-activated in times of stress or active
-adrenergic synapses

para
-slower, inhibitory effect
-acetychloine neurotransmitter produced
-maintains normal functioning of the body
-chloinergic synapses

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resting potential

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inside of the axon is negatively charged compared to the outside of the axon
outside ions more concentrated
axon is polarised
-70mV

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sodium pottasium pump

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requires energy
3 Na+ ions moved out of the membrane for every 2 K+ ions in
ATPase in pump uses ATP to move cations

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how is resting potential maintained

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sodium pottasium pump
Na+ out K+ in
K+ move through pottasium chanells
NA chanells close
outside more positive than inside

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action potential

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stimulus is recieved
causes a tempary reversal of the charge on the axon membrane - inside less negative
moves to about +40mv
membrane depolarised

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depolarisation

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-resting potential some k voltage-gated channels are open but Na channels are closed
-the stimulus causes some Na gates in the axon membrane to open and therefore some sodium ions move into the axon via facilitated diffusion
as they are +vly charged they trigger a reversal in the pd
-as it is more +ve more voltage-gated sodium channels open - +ve feedback
-once the action potential is around +40mv the voltage-gated sodium ion channels close
-excess sodium ions are pumped out by Na-K pump

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repolarisation

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-voltage-gated potassium channels open so K ions move out the axon by facilitated diffusion down the conc grad
-cell is repolarised and becomes more negative

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hyperpolarisation

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-more potassium flows out
- the inside is more negative than the outside so more negative than the resting potential

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after hyperpolarisation

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gates on K+ channels now close and Na-K pumps Na to be out and K in
-70 mv is reestablished

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action potential simplified

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Na+ voltage gated channels open
Na+ diffuse rapidly into axon
potential difference reversed
Na+ voltage gates close
K+ voltage gated chanells open
K+ diffuse out of axon
inside axon returns to negative
resting potential restored

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absolute refractory period

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sodium chanells are completly blocked and the resting potential hasnt been restored
milisecond
second stimulus will not trigger a second action potential

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relative refractory period

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pottasium chanells are able to repolarise the membrane and pottasium ions difuse out of axon
Normal resting potential can not be restored until these K channels are closed.
Last several milliseconds.
During this time, a greater than normal stimulus is required to initiate an action potential.

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refractory period

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time taken for an area of the axon membrane to recover after an action potential
depends on
-Na/K pump
-membrane permeability to potassium ions

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purpose of a refractory period

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enure action potentials are only in one direction
produce discrete impulses - action potentials are separated
limits the number of action potentials

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events at synapse

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Action potential depolarises the presynaptic neuron.( increases the permeability )
Calcium channels open and calcium diffuses in down conc grad
Synaptic vesicles move to and fuse with the pre-synaptic membrane.
The neurotransmitter is released into the synaptic cleft.
Neurotransmitter moves across cleft by diffusion.
Neurotransmitter binds to specific protein receptors on the sodium channel on the post synaptic membrane..
Sodium channels open and sodium diffuses in.
This causes a change in the potential difference of the membrane and an excitatory post-synaptic potential (EPSP) to be set up.
if there are enough epsp the +ve charge exceeds the threshold level and an action potential is set up

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types of synapse

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cholinergic
adrenergic
-use noradrenaline

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Inhibitory post-synaptic potential (IPSP)

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is a kind of synaptic potential that makes a postsynaptic neuron less likely to generate an action potential.
Here, different ion channels open in the membrane, allowing inward movement of negative ions.
This makes the post-synaptic cell more negative than normal resting potential.
This means an action potential is less likely to occur.

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saltatory conduction

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mylenated neurones ions can only pass in and out of the axon freely at the nodes of ranvier
action potential can only occur at the nodes
so apear to jump
speed up transmition as the ionic movemetns happen less frequently taking less. time

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transmission in unmylenated axons

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A current (change in potential difference) occurs in a part of the neuron.
This is detected in the adjacent part of the membrane.
When it detects the current, it causes voltage gated channels to open and an action potential will occur when the threshold is reached.
The nerve impulse is transmitted as a self-propagating wave of depolarisation.

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mylenated nerves

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schwann cell membrane wraps around cell many times to form mylein sheith
gaps called nodes of ranvier
-speeds up transmittion and protects from damage

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factors affecting nerve impulses

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mylenation
axon diamater
-speed of transmission
temperatures
-rate of diffusion increases

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breakdown of neurotransmitters

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Neurotransmitters are broken down by hydrolytic enzymes in the synaptic cleft
They then move back across the cleft, back into the synaptic knob, and are recycled.

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acethycholine

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Acetylcholine is the neurotransmitter which is found at the majority of synapses in humans.
nerves using acetylcholine are called cholingernic nerves
usually results in excitation at the post synaptic membrane
After it attaches to the receptors on the sodium channels, it is broken down by an enzyme called acetylcholinesterase.
It hydrolyses acetylcholine into separate acetate and choline.
The acetyl and choline diffuse back across the cleft into the presynaptic neuron.
This allows the neurotransmitter to be recycled.

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affects of drugs increasing the response

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-increases amount of neurotransmitter
-increases release of neurotransmitter from vesicles at the presynaptic membrane
-binds to post-synaptic receptors and activates them or increases affect of normal neurotransmitter
-prevents the degradtion of neurotransmitter by enzymes or prevents reuptake into presynaptic knob

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affects of drugs decreasing the response

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-blocks synthesis of neurotransmitter
-causes neurotransmitter to leak from vesicles and be destroyed by enzymes
-prevents releases of neurotransmitter from vesicles
-blocks receptors and prevents neurotransmitter binding

31
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nicotine

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-mimics the effect of acetylcholine and binds to specific receptors in post synaptic membranes
-triggers action potential
-receptor remains unresponsive for some times
-raised heart rate and blood pressure
-triggers release of neurotransmitter dopamine

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lidocaine

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-anastethic
block voltage-gated sodium chanells preventing action potential - no pain
-prevent heart arthimias
raises depolarisation threshold so prevents early or extra action potentials

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cobra venom

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toxic and fatal
-binds reversibly to acetylcholine receptors in post synaptic membranes and neuromuscular junctions
-prevents the transmission of impulses across synapses
-including neuromuscular junctions between motor neurons and muscles
-muscles not stimulated to contact and person becomes gradually paralysed
when reaches muscles for breathing causes death
- in low doses can relax muscles of trachea and bronchi in asthma attacks

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transduction in the eye

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converts light into nerve impulses
occurs in the retina
by cones and rods which are attached to receptors

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rod cells

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spread evenly across retina
more rod than cone
provides images in black and white
-cant distinguish between wavelengths
detect at low intensity
certain threshold must be detected before a generator potential can occur
cannot distingush between close together things as only one impulse is generated
connected to bipolar neurone - sensory neuron - optic nerve

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generator potential

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generated by the breakdown of the pigment rhodopsin- bleaching (low light intensities)
when bleaching occurs Na ion channels close
sodium pump still works so sodium ions removed
inside rod cells more negative that normal as hyperpolarisation occurs
this is a generator potential
if meets threshold can cause action potential
rhodopsin must be resythesised before can occur again
do not follow the all or nothing rule

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retianal convergence

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allows a generator potential to be reached with low levels of stimulus

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cone cells

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tightly packed in fovea
3 different types for dif wavelengths
seperqate bipolar neurones
high light intensity
can distinguish between seperate sources
high light intensity breaks down iodopsin
different types of iodoposin
larger stimulus required to reach generator potential

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fovea

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part where the light is focused on
recieves greatest intensity
no rod cells

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bleaching

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Rhodopsin is formed from opsin and retinal.
Retinal exists as 2 different isomers: cis-retinal & trans-retinal.
In the dark all retinal is in the cis form.
When a photon of light hits the rhodopsin, it converts from cis to trans form.
This changes the shape of the retinal and puts strain on the bonding between opsin and retinal, breaking up the molecule.

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nervous system structure

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neurons transmit impulses from receptor cells to effector cells or groups of them called sense organs
3 types of neurone

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eye structure

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brain structure

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spinal chord

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