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What does the nervous system do?

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Primary communication and control system.

-Collects info
-Processes and evaluates info
-Initiates response to information

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How does the nervous system collect information?

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Through receptors

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What does stimuli do?

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Monitor changes in external and internal environment

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What are the nerves called that initiate responses?

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Effectors

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What are three effectors?

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Muscle tissue
Nerves
Glands

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What are the two main divisions of the nervous system?

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Central nervous system (CNS)
Peripheral nervous system (PNS)

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Which division of nervous system are the brain and spinal cord a part of?

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CNS (central nervous system)

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What is part of the PNS? (peripheral nervous system)

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  • Spinal nerves
  • Cranial nerves
  • Ganglia
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What are the two main divisions of the PNS?

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Sensory (Afferent)
Motor (Efferent)

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What are the two main divisions of the Motor (Efferent) nervous system?

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  • Somatic Nervous System (SNS)
  • Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
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What are the 3 divisions of the ANS? (Autonomic Nervous System)

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  • Sympathetic
  • Parasympathetic
  • Enteric
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What does the word “enteric” ALWAYS refer to?

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Digestive organs

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What does “soma” mean?

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Body

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Which sensory do we consciously perceive?

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Somatic Sensory
(eyes, ears, nose, skin, etc)

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Which sensory do we NOT consciously perceive?

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Visceral Sensory
(Blood vessels, internal organs)

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What does “visceral” mean?

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Organs

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What does “motor” mean?

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Movement

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Which motor refers to the voluntary skeletal muscle control?

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Somatic motor

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Which motor innervates/regulates cardiac and smooth muscle, and glands without conscious control?

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Autonomic motor

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What does “afferent” mean?

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It is always sending messages towards the CNS.

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What does “efferent” mean?

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It is always sending messages away from the CNS.

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What are the two cell types in the nervous tissue?

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Neurons and Glial cells

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What do Glial cells do?

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Support and protect neurons

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What cells in the nervous tissues DO NOT send any messages?

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Glial Cells

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Which cells are excitable and transmit electrical signals?
Neurons
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What is the receiving portion of the neuron? (short processes)
Dendrites
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What is the single long process on the dendrite?
Axon
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What is the long process called on the axon?
Axon Hillock
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What gives rise to side branches in the axon?
Axon collaterals
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What do axon collaterals divide into?
Axon terminals
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What do axon terminals turn into at the end?
Synaptic end bulbs / Synaptic knobs
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What do Synaptic end bulbs/knobs contain?
Numerous synaptic vesicles
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What do synaptic vesicles contain?
The neurotransmitter
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Do neurons touch any other structures?
No
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FYI Neuron
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FYI
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What do the interneurons do? (association neurons) *What does inter mean?*
Facilitate communication between sensory and motor neurons (This makes up 99% of your neurons!)
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Very important to know!
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What are most of the nervous system cells?
Glial Cells
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What are astrocytes?
Starlike shape from surface projections
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What is the "star-cell?"
Astrocytes (star)(cell)
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What is the BBB?
Blood Brain Barrier -this controls the movement of substances exiting blood and entering the nervous tissue
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Where do Ependymal cells line?
Internal cavities of the brain and spinal cord.
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Which cell helps produce cerebrospinal fluid? (CSF)
Ependymal cells
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What acts as the vacuum cleaner?
Microglia- it removes debris from dead or damaged tissue
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What forms the myelin sheath by repeatedly wrapping around an axon?
Oligodendrocytes
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What allows for faster action potential propagation through CNS?
Myelin Sheath
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FYI
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What do satellite cells do?
Regulate the exchange of nutrients and waste products.
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What do Schwann cells do?
Ensheathe PNS axons to form myelin sheath
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FYI- Myelination
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What is myelination?
Process by which part of an axon wrapped in myelin.
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What kind of matter does myelin create?
White Matter
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What are the gaps between myelin called?
Nodes of Ranvier
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FYI- White vs Grey Matter
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What does "saltare" mean?
To jump
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What happens in Saltatory Conduction?
Nerve signal jumps from node of ranvier to node of ranvier
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What two things cause a faster nerve signal?
- Larger diameter of the axon - Myelination of the axon
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FYI
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What are four facts about Action Potential?
- Occurs in a nerve - AKA Nerve Impulse - Very fast - Electrochemical communication by neurons
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FYI: Details of Action Potential (Drawn by Jenna, YT video Ch 12, Time stamp: 43:18)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3jiWrdsZJg
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What does RMP mean?
Resting Membrane Potential
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Ion within the nerve:
Potassium (K+)
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Ion outside the nerve:
Sodium (Na+)
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FYI
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Action potentials can only occur if the membrane potential...
reaches threshold
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The 5 steps of Action Potential *Very important, memorize these steps*
1. Resting Membrane Potential (RMP) 2. Depolarization 3. Repolarization 4. Hyperpolarization 5. Resting Membrane Potential (RMP)
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What step is the neuron at rest?
RMP -70mV
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What happens in depolarization?
Inside of the cell becomes more positive. - From -70 mV to +30 mV - Na+ gates open - K+ gates closed
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What happens in repolarization?
Movement of K+ out of neuron due to K+ gates open - Na+ gates closed - Return to RMP (-70 mV)
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What happens in hyperpolarization?
K+ gates are open longer than time needed to reestablish RMP - Na+ still closed - Inside of neuron briefly more negative than RMP
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What do synaptic vesicles release?
Neurotransmitters
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Calcium binds to synaptic...
Vesicles
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FYI: Synaptic Messages
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What are the two different postsynaptic potentials?
Excitatory (EPSP) Inhibitory (IPSP)
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Which PSP (postsynaptic potential) is hyperpolarizing?
Inhibitory
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Which PSP (postsynaptic potential) is depolarizing?
Depolarizing
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FYI: Summation
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