Homeostasis - Nervous System Flashcards
Dendrites
- recieve incoming impulse
- long branched outgrowths
Cell Body
- contains most of cell’s organelles
- responsible for cell activity
Axon
- long insulated fibre
- most of neurons length
Nodes of Ranvier
-gaps btw 2 insulating cells along axon
Glial Cells
-provide nutrients to parts of neuron too far away from nucleus
Axon Terminal
- end of axon
- pass impulse to next neuron
Synapse
-gap btw 2 neurons
Myelin
- fatty insulation around axon
- protects axon from ECF
- speeds up rate of impluse
Sensory Neuron
- transmits signals to CNS
- cell body lies close to CNS
Motor Neuron
- transmits signals away from CNS
- cell body located within CNS
Associate Neuron
- transmit signals btw sensory and motor
- entirely within CNS
- neurons of brain/spinal cord
Structure of Brain
- grey matter: outside, composed of cell bodies
- white matter: inside composed of axons
- folds increase SA = more neurons
- surrounded by 3 protective membranes: meninges
- layer of cerebrospinal fluid lies btw. brain/meninges
Describe blood-brain barrier
- due to fact that capillaries in brain tighly packed together, some substances cannot be passes to capillaries in brain
- protects brain from substances found in blood meant for other parts of body
What is the brain stem?
- all motor/sensory neurons must pass through here (to/from brain)
- medulla oblongata: maintains visceral functions, intermediary btw. brain/spinal cord, cranial nerves connect here
What is the cerebellum concerned with?
-movement, muscular coordination, balance, equilibrium,
What are the parts/components of the forebrain?
- cerebrum
- thalamus
- basail ganglia
- limbic system: hypothalamus, amygdala
- related areas
What is the cerebrum?
-composed of 4 lobes, left/right hemisphere, connects by corpus callosum
Frontal: judgement, impulse control, language, problem solving, reasoning, memory, ability to plan
Parietal: arithmetic, reading, sensroy information
Occiptal: visual processing
Temporal: memory, hearing, preception, recognition
What is the thalamus?
- relay centre for sensory input on its way to cortex
- amplifies some, suppresses others
- directs into to specific parts of cerebrum