Organisation of the NS

Question 0

Where are the ganglia located in a) the sympathetic and b) parasympathetic?

Answer 0

a) close to the CNS

b) close to or in the target

Question 1

What is a collection of cell bodies in the CNS called?

Answer 1

Nucleus

Question 2

What are the ganglionic neurotransmitters in both parasympathetic and sympathetic?

Answer 2

Acetylcholine and nicotinic

Question 3

What NT is used in the somatic NS for a) efferent and b) afferent?

Answer 3

a) acetylcholine and b) glutamate

Question 4

What is the postganglionic receptor and NT for parasympathetic and sympathetic?

Answer 4

Parasympathetic- acetylcholine and muscarinic

Sympathetic- noradrenaline a and b

Question 5

What is a bundle of axons in the PNS called?

Answer 5

Nerve

Question 6

Where is the neurone body located in a) efferent and b) afferent neurones of the somatic NS?

Answer 6

a) CNS and b) PNS

Question 7

What type of muscle does the autonomic NS control?

Answer 7

Smooth and cardiac muscle

Question 8

What is a ganglion in terms of neurones?

Answer 8

A collection of cell bodies in the PNS

Question 9

Do parasympathetic or sympathetic have long preganglionic fibres?

Answer 9

Parasympathetic

Question 10

Which parasympathetic or sympathetic has branched postganglionic fibres?

Answer 10

Sympathetic

Question 11

What is a tract in terms of neurones?

Answer 11

A bundle of axons in the CNS

Question 12

What type of muscle does the somatic NS control?

Answer 12

Skeletal muscle

Question 13

What are supporting glia called?

Answer 13

Astrocytes

Question 14

What do microglia do?

Answer 14

Immune cells of the CNS, clean up the toxic waste in the CNS after death. ‘Scavengers’

Question 15

What do astrocytes do?

Answer 15

Provide nutrients to the nervous tissue and the repairing/scarring process in the brain

Question 16

Give the types of nerve cell?

Answer 16

Neurones

Question 17

What does the CNS include?

Answer 17

The brain and the spinal chord

Question 18

What does the PNS include?

Answer 18

The periphery neurones

Question 19

What branches of the autonomic NS are there?

Answer 19

Sympathetic and parasympathetic

Question 20

What neurones go from the receptor to the CNS?

Answer 20

Afferent

Question 21

What two branches of the motor PNS are there?

Answer 21

Autonomic and somatic

Question 22

What neurones go from the CNS to the effector?

Answer 22

Efferent

Question 23

What two types of neurones are involved in the somatic NS?

Answer 23

Sensory afferent and motor efferent

Question 24

What do the dendrites and axons of neurones do?

Answer 24

Dendrites receive information and axons pass on information

Question 25

Can multiple synapses contact one dendrite?

Answer 25

Yes

Question 26

Give the three types of supporting cells?

Answer 26

Neuroglia, glial cells and glia

Question 27

What are the two types of cells in the NS?

Answer 27

Nerve cells and supporting glia

Question 28

Is sympathetic or parasympathetic used for housekeeping?

Answer 28

Parasympathetic, sympathetic is for flight, fright and fight response

Question 29

What functions do the parasympathetic and sympathetic NS have?

Answer 29

Anatomical and functional devision, generally antagonistic

Question 30

What is the somatic nervous system often called?

Answer 30

The voluntary nervous system

Question 31

Which axons in the somatic nervous system are myelinated?

Answer 31

Efferent, afferent are not.