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nervous system Flashcards

1
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what is in the central nervous system

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brain and spinal cord

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2
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what is in the peripheral nervous system

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cranial nerves, spinal nerves, ganglia

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3
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what are ganglia

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clusters of neuron cell bodies located outside the central nervous system

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4
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what are the specialized nerve endings that collect information by detecting changes in the internal/external environment

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receptors

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5
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afferent is

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inflowing

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what is the somatic sensory

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the general somatic senses like touch, pain, pressure, vibration, temperature,

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the somatic senses are considered ________

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voluntary, because we have control over them

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8
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________ ________ is said to be involuntary

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visceral sensory

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9
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efferent

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conducting outward

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10
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which division is towards the CNS

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sensory (afferent) division

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11
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which division is away from the CNS

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motor (efferent) division

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what are the two categories under the motor (efferent) division

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somatic motor and autonomic motor

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what is the motor/efferent division responsible for

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transmitting motor impulses from the CNS to the mucles or glands

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what is the sensory/afferent division responsible for

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recieving sensory info from receptors and transmitting this info to the CNS

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the somatic motor system is considered _____ whereas the autonomic motor system is considered ______

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voluntary, involuntary

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16
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what does the somatic motor system do

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conducts nerve impulses from the CNS to the skeletal muscles causing them to contract

17
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what does the autonomic motor system do

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innervates internal organs and regulates smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, and glands

18
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what is the condition called where the autonomic motor component doesnt function properly

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dysautonomia

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what are the two divisions of the autonomic motor component

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sympathetic and parasympathetic division

20
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what does the sympathetic division of the autonomic motor component do

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typically speeds up body activities

21
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what does the parasympathetic division of the autonomic motor component do

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typically slows down body activities

22
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what are neurons

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excitable cells that initiate and transmit nerve impulses

23
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what are glial cells

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nonexcitable cells that support and protect the neurons

24
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what part of the neuron conducts nerve impulses TOWARDS the cell body

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dendrites

25
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what part of the neuron conducts nerve impulses AWAY from the cell body

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axons

26
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glial cells can do this, neurons usually cant

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mitosis

27
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what is another name for glial cells

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neuroglia

28
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what are the 3 types of glial cells we need to know about for this class

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astrocytes, ependymal cells, oligodendrocytes

29
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what do the glial cells astrocytes do

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reduce permeability (blood brain barrier) they wrap around the outer surface of capillaries in the brain to help make them more selectively permeable

30
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what are the most abundant type of glial cell

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astrocytes

31
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what do the glial cells ependymal cells do

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make up the choroid plexus (along w nearby capillaries) which produces CSF

32
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what do oligodendrocytes (CNS) and neurolemmocytes/schwann cells (PNS) do

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produce insulating material myelin which surrounds many neurons forming a myelin sheath

33
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what is a nerve

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a bundle of parallel axons

34
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what nervous system are nerves part of

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the peripheral nervous system

35
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what do sensory nerves do

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convey sensory info to the CNS and all the axons are conducting impulses in the same direction

36
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what do motor nerves do

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convey motor impulses from the CNS to the muscles and glands and all the axons are conducting impulses in the same direction

37
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what week of fetal development does nervous tissue start to develop

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during the 3rd week

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