Ch1-4 Flashcards

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Trepanation

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Drilling holes in skull to relieve pressure

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IACUC

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Institute animal care and use committee- laws for animal research

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Hippocrates

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Brain=sensation and intelligence

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Galen

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Founded 1st anatomy text - cerebrum, cerebellum and ventricles

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Brain studies in Renaissance?

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Cadavers from graveyards

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Descartes

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Mind brain problem

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Ventral is synonymous to

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Efferent and motor sensor

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Dorsal

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Afferent and sensory nerves

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Gray vs white matter

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White has myelin

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Central subdivision

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Brain and spinal cord

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Peripheral division

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Network of nerves through body

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Bell and magendie

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Dorsal and ventral root clippin experiments on puppies

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Cerebellum is origin of

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Motor fibers

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Cerebrum is destination of

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Sensory fibers

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Frans joseph gall

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Phrenology bumps on skull reflect personality

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Marie flourens

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Ablation method removing of specific neurons

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Paul broca

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Discovered region of cerebrum for speech

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Darwin

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Evolution of nervous system, animals can correlate w humans

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Neuron

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Basic unit of brain

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20
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DLAR

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Division laboratory animal resources- decide if research on animals serves purpose =proposal

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21
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Noninvasive method for learning nervous system

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MRI scans

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Neurophilosophy

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No seperation of mind and brain

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Glia cells function

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Support insulate and protect neurons

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Glia outnumber neurons by

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10-1

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What is function of neurons
Process sense communication and command
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Stain facilities cytoarchitecture in CNS
Nissl stain
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Cell body is
Soma
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Neurites
Dendrites and axons
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Cajal introduced
Neurons communicate through synapse (contact)
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Purpose of dendrites spines
Increase surface area
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Myelin is an
Insulator for axon
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How long are axons
3ft long shaped by microtubules
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Smooth ER makes
Lipids and steroid hormones for detox
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Golgi apparatus sorts
Proteins into specific locations
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Aftin
5-8 nm cytoskeleton
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Neuro filaments
10-12 nm cytoskeleton
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Microtubules
20-22nm cytoskeleton alpha/beta tubulin
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Disease of nervous system coded by a gene
Huntingtons disease
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Decision maker for firing synapses
Axon Hillock
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Anterograde
Soma to terminal
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Retrograde
Terminal to soma
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Neurons for special senses
Uni and bipolar
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Stellate cells
Star shaped
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Pyramidal cell
Pyramid shaped
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Protein used for visual aid for classifying neuron experiments
Green fluorescent protein
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Astrocytes
Numerous glia and regulates chemical content of extra cellular space
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Myelinating glia in CNS
Oligodendroglial cells
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Myelinating glia in PNS
Schwann cells
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Name of axon region exposed
Nodes of ranvier
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Ependymal cells
Help move CSF
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Microglial cells
Phagocytes release cytokines from immune response
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Vasculature
Blood vessels oxygen and nutrients
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Where do reflexes occur
Spinal cord
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Solvent is water?
Polar solvent
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Covers cations and anions and reason to move charges
Spheres of hydration
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What dissolves in water
Hydrophilic
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What kind lf compound doesnt dissolve in water
Hydrophobic
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Behavior of compounds in channels
Hydrophilic due to spheres of hydration
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Primary protein structure
Beads- amino acids
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Secondary protein structure
Alpha helix beta sheets
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Structure tertiary proteins
Hydrogen bonds
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Structure of quaternary protein
More than one structure (hemoglobin) | Subunits
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Structure of ion channels
Quaternary
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Do channel proteins require energy
No energy used
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Ion pumps are formed by
Membrane spanning proteins
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Ion pumps require
ATP for energy
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Neurons are physically connected by
Gap junctions
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The energy used by ion oumps from atp breakdown results from
Neuronal signaling
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Factors cause normal cell charge to be negative -65mv
Protein a and phosphate p
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Factor about channels change voltage
Location of open channels
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Nernst equation accounts for
Charge of ion Temp Ratio int/external ion concentration
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NaK pump
Enzymes breaks down atp when sodium is present
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Which ion controls resting membrane potential
Potassium
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Low potassium can lead to
Epilepsy and other neural disorders | Strokes
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Why do ion channels need a small diameter
Precent excess water from coming into cell - lysis
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What cell regulates ext potassium concentration through spatial buffering
Astrocytes
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Why sodium potassium pump is important
Maintains rmp equilibrium and prevents accumulation of sodium
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Why is sodium affected by electrochemical gradient
Na wants to satisfy both concentration and electrical gradient
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Ions more concentrated inside cell
K+
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Ions more concentrated outside cell
Na, cl,
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Where does action potential occur on neuron
Axon hillock,
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Temporal summation
Single presynaptic neuron fires many times in succession to reach threshold
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Spacial summation
Excited potentials from different presynaptic neurons to reach threshold
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Purpose of myelin sheath
Protect insulate and enhance transmission of electric impulses
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Device used to study action potential
Oscilloscope
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Optogenetics
Using light to control neurons
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Depolarization
Influx of na+
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Repolarization
Efflix of K+
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What mV categorized as hyperpolarization
-80mV
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When does sodium channel protein open
Changes shape at -55mV threshold
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Absolute refractory period
Channels are inactive
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Tetrodotoxin TTX
Clogs na permeable pore
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Red tide saxitoxin
Na channel blocking toxin
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Batrachotoxin
Blocks inactivation so channels remain open
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Channel fastest to open
Na channel
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Purpose lf delayed rectifier potassium conductance
Reset membrane potential
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What happens when theres no ball and chain
Hyperpolarization sodium keeps going in cell
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Orthodromic
Action potential travels in one direction soma to terminals
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Antidromic
Backward propagation
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Factors influence conduction velocity
Spread of action potential along membrane Path of positive charge Axonal excitability
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Characteristics of Nodes of Ranvier
Saltatory conduction | Where sodium channels are most concentrated