Exam 2 Flashcards
parasympathetic changes
slowing heart rate, blood pressure drops, pupils will restrict, allows for more blood flow to digestive system. rest and digest. sexual activity/breeding
sympathetic changes
fight or flight reactions smooth, heart, gland, goose bumps, pupils dilate, heart rate raises, body temperature goes up.
major functions of the nervous system
1) control of internal environment
2) voluntary control of movement
3) programming of spinal cord reflexes
4) assimilation of experiences necessary for memory and learning
somatic
skeletal muscle
autonomic
smooth, cardiac
afferent
receiving info
efferent
sending info out (responding to afferent and causing a somatic or autonomic response)
CNS
cerebellum; coordinating movement
spinal cord; beginning of delivery system
nerve cell
functional unit of nervous system
somas role
process info
dendrites role
receive info
axons role
sending info
Nodes of Ranvier
gaps in the myelin sheath that help the signal move quickly by a salitory conduction
neurons
excitable and able to receive info and respond
irritability
ability of dendrites and cell body to respond to a stimulus and convert it into a neural impulse
conductivity
ability of neurons to transmit an impulse along its axon to target tissue
key step to muscle contraction
is action potential
True or False?
At rest neurons are more negatively charged on the inside compared to the outside of the cell
True
What determines RMP? (resting membrane potential)
The permeability characteristics of the cell membrane and difference in ion concentration inside & outside of the cell
sodium potassium pump (NA+/K+ Pump)
allows us to maintain resting membrane potential
active transport
needs energy aka ATP
Action Potential
rapid changes in the membrane potential due to changes in membrane permeability.
Depolarization is due primarily to
increased permeability of sodium (Na+) to rush into the cell. The influx of sodium leads to depolarization
in depolarization when the threshold is reached what will result?
AP (action potential)
Repolarization
Increase in membrane permeability to potassium (K+) so that potassium leaves the cell and a decrease in permeability to sodium (Na+)
what is the net result of Repolarization?
a restoration of resting membrane potential
Motor unit
motor neuron and all the muscle fibers it innervates
What is the connection site for motor neuron and muscle fiber?
Neuromuscular junction
Motor end-plate
region on muscle fiber that receives impulse from neuron
Neuromuscular cleft
region separating motor neuron from muscle
Acetylcholine
The Neurotransmitter used to depolarize skeletal muscle
End-plate potential
What happens when Ach is put on motor end-plate
somatic motor neurons of PNS
Carries neural messages from spinal cord to skeletal muscle
innervation ratio
of muscle fibers per motor neuron
what muscle has a low innervation?
Ocular muscle (eyes)
what muscle has a high innervation?
Quadriceps
Acetylcholine plays a big role in
the ability to send a signal
Order of neurotransmitters and synaptic transmission
impulse travels down axon to Endfoot, vesicles release neurotransmitter, neurotransmitter diffuses across synaptic cleft and attaches to receptor on post-synaptic neuron.
1.Ap
2.ST
3.EF
which cause
- Action potential
- Synaptic terminal
- End-Foot
which causes calcium to go in causing synaptic vesicles to merge with membrane and open up.
Acetylcholinesterase
breaks down Acetylcholine into Choline and acetic acid
why is it important to have folded Sarcomere
more sodium channels and surface area
Fast twitch
fatigue quickly
1Proprioceptors
provide info relative to the body in space
Kinesthesia
the conscious recognition of the movement of our body
somatic receptors and reflexes
provide info to the CNS about environment (internal & external)
3 joint receptors
- free nerve endings-skin (touch, pressure)
- Golgi type receptors-ligaments
- Pacinian corpuscles-tissues surround joint
Pacinian Corpuscles
tissues surround joint, they respond to rotational speed
Muscle Spindle
Detect dynamic and static changes in muscle length, stretch on muscle causes reflex contraction. muscle spindles are responsible for flexing a muscle.
Muscle Spindle
Detect dynamic and static changes in muscle length, stretch on muscle causes reflex contraction. muscle spindles are responsible for flexing a muscle. (hands have a lot)
Muscle spindles in order
- Muscle spindles detect stretch of the muscle
- sensory neurons conduct action potential to the spinal cord
- sensory neurons synapse with alpha motor neurons
- stimulation of the alpha motor neurons causes the muscle to contract and resist being stretched
Golgi tendon organ
(GTO) monitor tension developed by muscle, prevents damage during excessive force generation, stimulation results in reflex relaxation of muscle.
#2 Muscle Chemoreceptors
Neurons found in muscle which responds to H+, Co2 and/or K+
what type of stimulus would you expect an increase in H+, & CO2?
Innervating the muscles with high intensity workout.
#3 Reflexes
a. harmful stimulus cases impulse to be sent via affective fibers to the spinal cord.
b. interneurons pass signal to motor neurons
c. impulses travels down motor neuron where it leads muscle contraction
reciprocal inhibition
the antagonistic muscle group is simultaneously inhibited which allows freedom of movement
crossed-Extensor reflex
limb on other side of body moves to help maintain body control
Exercise benefits for brain health
improved memory enhancement in learning, lowers the chance of stroke, dementia, and Parkinsons.
True of False? Exercise is as effective as SSRI’s
True
True or False? Exercise stimulates Neuro-genesis and lowers inflammation.
True
what does more blood flow to tissue mean?
more nutrients in and more yuckies out.
skeletal muscle cells
striated, voluntary control and 95% of our muscle cells
Cardiac muscle cells
striated, involuntary control by autonomic system and hormones, and about 1% of muscle cells (only in the heart)
Smooth muscle cells
non-striated, involuntary, in the walls of blood vessels and internal organs
In Cardiac muscle cells the nuclei is
single and more central
In skeletal muscle cells there are ______nuclei?
multiple
Cardiac fiber type
Slow twitch (40% more mitochondria)
characteristics of muscle tissue
- Irritability
- Contractility
- Extensibility
- Elasticity
- Excitable
- Ability of muscle to shorten through stimulus
- stretch and lengthen
- Elasticity (goes back to normal)
structure of skeletal muscle
Tendon Deep Fascia Epimysium Fasicle - Perimysium Muscle Fiber- Endomysium