INTRO TO NERVOUS SYSTEM Flashcards
The Spinal Cord gives an origin for 1 cranial nerve
(spinal accessory)
Somatic NS Is divided into
Efferent (Motor) Part
Afferent (Sensory) Part
Central Nervous System
(CNS) consist of ——–
Autonomic (visceral) NS consist of ——-
brain and spinal cord
Sympathetic
division & Parasympathetic
division
Golgi’s reticular theory of neurones
neurons form a
continuous reticular
net and are
continuously
connected with
each other.
The neuron doctrine
proposed by Cajal,
that neurons in
fact are structurally
independent,
Ability of neuronal cells to respond to
environmental changes (stimuli).
Excitability.
Ability of neuronal cells to produce electrical signals
that are quickly conducted to other cells at distant locations
Conductivity.
Non excitable cells in the brain
Neuroglia
Dendrites function
carry
impulses to cell body
Axons function
Carry impulses away from cell body
structure where signals are transmitted
Synapse
Retina neuron
Motor neuron
Bipolar
Multipolar
a delicate
connective tissue sheath that
surrounds the axon (nerve fiber)
Endoneurium
a layer of dense
connective tissue that encloses a
bundle of nerve fibers (fascicles)
Perineurium
thick connective
tissue that surround bundle of
fascicles forming outermost
covering of nerve
Epineurium
Collection of nerve cell
bodies
Gray matter(Substancia grisea).
includes the :Brain cortex, cerebellum cortex, nuclei of brain & spinal cord
Collection of neuronal
processes
White matter
Collection of cell bodies
within the CNS
Collection of nerve cell
bodies outside the CNS
Nucleus
Ganglion
Collections of axons
outside the CNS
Collections of axons
within the CNS
nerves
Tracts
space below the arachnoid which contains CSF
subarachnoid space
outer ~ inner meninges
DURA
ARACHNOID
PIA
Blood supply to the brain by vertebral / basillar artery
- Optic radiation
- Temporal lobe, occipital
lobe - Thalamus
- Medulla
- Pons
- Mesencephalon
- Cerebellum
Blood supply to the brain by internal carotid artery
- Eye, optic nerve, optic chiasm
- Optic tract and part of optic
radiation - Frontal, parietal, temporal lobe
- Internal capsule
- Basal ganglia
- Hypothalamus
12 pairs of cranial nerves exit through
skull foramina