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Biology - Chapter 11.4: Nervous System Flashcards

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Axon hillock

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  • Area where the axon is connected to the cell body

- Responsible for summation of graded potentials

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Myelin sheath

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  • Fatty insulation of the axon that speeds up action potential propagation by stopping ion exchange
  • CNS: oligodendrocytes
  • PNS: Schwann cells
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Nodes of ranvier

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  • Gaps between myelin sheath where ion exchange occurs

- Propagation of action potential occurs here

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Saltatory conduction

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Propagation of action potential along myelinated axons from one node of Ranvier to the next node

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Steps of an Action Potential

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1) At resting potential, membrane potential is around -70 mV and is maintained by Na+/K+ ATPases (3 Na+ ions out, 2 K+ ions in). K+ leak channels also maintain resting potential.
2) Stimulus causes threshold potential reached (-55mV), voltage-gated Na+ channels open, resulting in depolarization = action potential.
3) Repolarization occurs as voltage-gated K+ channels open, letting K+ out. Membrane potential becomes negative again.
4) Hyperpolarization occurs as the membrane potential becomes even more negative than normal resting potential. Results in a refractory period = no action potential can be fired.
5) Membrane potential returns to normal resting potential through the pumping of Na+/K+ ATPases and K+ leak channels

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Absolute refractory period

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  • No other action potential can be fired, no matter how powerful
  • Due to the inactivation of voltage-gated Na+ channels after they open
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Relative refractory period

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-A stronger stimulus could cause another action potential to fire

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Steps of Synaptic Transmission

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1) Action potential reaches presynaptic axon knob, opening voltage-gated calcium channels and releasing Ca2+ ions into neuron
2) Ca2+ ions cause synaptic vesicles to fuse and undergo exocytosis: releasing neurotransmitters into synapse
3) Neurotransmitters bind to ligand-gated ion channels, producing a graded potential
4) Graded potentials summate at the axon hillock and a potential action potential is fired if threshold potential is reached.

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EPSP

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  • Excitatory postsynaptic potential
  • graded potential that depolarizes membrane
  • Na+ ion gates to open and let Na+ ions flow into the cell
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IPSP

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  • Inhibitory postsynaptic potential
  • graded potential that hyperpolarizes the membrane
  • K+ ion gates open and let K+ ions flow out of cell
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Microglial cells

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Macrophages that protect the CNS

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Macroglial cells

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  • Astrocytes
  • Schwann cells (PNS)
  • Oligendrocytes (CNS)
  • Satellite cells
  • Ependymal cells
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Astrocytes

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  • Form the blood-brain-barrier
  • help recycle neurotransmitters
  • provide blood supply to CNS
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Satellite cells

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  • help recycle neurotransmitters

- provide blood supply to PNS

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Ependymal cells

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-secrete cerebrospinal fluid which cushions the CNS

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Frontal lobe

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  • Higher function processes such as decision making, problem solving, judgement, planning ahead, consequences
  • Works with limbic system for memories and emotions
  • Attention/concentration
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Temporal lobe

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  • Speech/language

- Hearing

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Occipital lobe

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-Vision

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Parietal lobe

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  • Spatial/visual perception

- Touch/pain/temperature sensation and integration

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Cerebellum

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Responsible for coordination of movement

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Brainstem

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  • Midbrain (relays senses)
  • Pons (relays messages from cerebellum to forebrain)
  • Medulla oblongata (heart/breathing rate, blood pressure, toxin sensing)
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Thalamus

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Limbic system

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-emotion/memory/learning/motivation

  • Hypothalamus
  • Hippocampus
  • Amygdala
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Sensory (afferent) neurons

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-Send signals to the spinal cord and the brain via dorsal roots

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Motor (efferent) neurons
-Send signals back out to the muscles through ventral roots
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Meninges
-Protects the brain, has 3 layers (outermost --> innermost): | Dura mater--> arachnoid --> pia mater
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Peripheral Nervous System Division
- Somatic (voluntary motor action and sensory input) | - Autonomic (involuntary)
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Nociceptors
pain receptors
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Autonomic Nervous System Division
- Sympathetic (fight or flight) | - Parasympathetic (rest and digest)
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Sympathetic Nervous System
- Releases sugar into body for energy - Increases heart rate for oxygen delivery - Dilation of lungs and pupil
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Parasympathetic Nervous System
- Relaxation of muscles - Decrease in heart rate - Maintenance of homeostasis - Increase in gastrointestinal activity
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Sympathetic Nervous system Pre/Postganglionic
- short preganglionic nerves and long postganglionic nerves - uses acetylcholine for preganglionic - uses noradrenaline/adrenaline for postganglionic
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Parasympathetic Nervous system Pre/Postganglionic
- long preganglionic nerves and short postganglionic nerves - uses acetylcholine for both
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Outer Ear
-Takes in sound waves and the tympanic membrane transfers the sound from outer ear to middle ear
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Middle Ear
- Composed of three bony ossicles --> malleus, incus & stapes - Ossicles transfer vibrations through the middle ear and amplify the signal - Stapes transfers vibrations from middle ear to inner ear via the oval window
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Cochlea
Uses fluid and hairs to convert mechanical signal into a neuronal signal, known as transduction
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Round window
Membrane covered opening between middle ear and the inner ear, helps fluid expand and vibrate
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Semicircular canals
Fluid and hairs just like cochlea, gives information about the person's movement and balance
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Cornea
- Transparent | - Focuses light and protects the eye
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Iris
-Controls the size of the pupil
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Pupil
-Controls how much light enters
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Lens
-Focuses images on retina
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Retina
-Back of the eye that has photoreceptors (rods and cones)
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Fovea
-Highest concentration of photoreceptors in the retina and responsible for high acuity vision
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Amacrine and bipolar cells
Take information from rods and cones, transmitting the information to ganglion cells of the optic nerve fibers
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Optic nerve
Bundle of axons that transmit visual information to the brain
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Optic disk
Blind spot of the eye, where the optic nerve passes through to reach the brain
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Sclera
Protective connective tissue that surrounds the eye, the white part of the eye
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Choroid
Vascular connective tissue

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