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Lecture 21 - Nervous Tissue Structure And Function Flashcards

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What are the 2 parts/systems of the Nervous System?

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Central Nervous System (CNS)
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)

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What is the CNS comprised of?

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The Brain and spinal cord

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What are the main type of Neurone found in the Central Nervous System?

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Relay neuron

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What is the Peripheral Nervous System comprised of?

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Cranial Nerves, Spinal Nerves and Peripheral Nerves

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What are the 2 types of Neurone found in the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)?

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Sensory Neurons
Motor Neurons

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What are the 2 types of matter located in the brain and the spinal cord?

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Gray matter
White matter

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What is white matter made of and why is it white?

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It consists of myelinated axons
Myelination is mainly made up of lipids which are white

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How is white matter distributed in the brain?

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It is central

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How is white matter distributed in the spinal cord (transverse/longitudinal section)?

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Peripheral

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What is Grey matter made of?

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Nerve cell bodies
Dendrites
Non-myelinated axons
Axon terminals
Neuroglia

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How is grey matter distributed in the brain?

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Peripheral
Also in areas called nuclei

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How is grey matter distributed in the spinal cord (transverse/longitudinal section)?

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Central Butterfly shape

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What is a dendrite?

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Extensions of the nerve cell body which receive signals so the nerve cell body can receive inputs

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What is a Perikaryon?

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The cell body of a neurone

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Describe the structure of the grey matter in the spinal cord

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Butterfly shape
Prongs/Wings on either side of spinal cord
Posterior prongs called Dorsal Horns (DH)
Anterior prongs called Ventral Horns (VH)
Grey Commissure (GC) is the branch that connects the 2 wings together

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What is the role of the white matter?

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Contains nerve fibres that form ascending and descending tracts

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What is the Pia mater?

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The outer connective tissue layer of the brain
Blood vessels are here

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What cell is part of and produces the myelin for axons in the CNS?

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Oligodendrocytes

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What cell is part of and produces the myelin for axons in the PNS?

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Schwann cell

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What are Nissl bodies?

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Granules in the cytoplasm of the Perikaryon (Cell body of neurone) made of aggregations of Rough ENdoplasmic Reticulum (lots of ribosomal RNA)

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Basic structure of a neuron

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Main cell body (Perikaryon)
Cytoplasmic projections (Dendrites and axon)

Perikaryon, dendrites and proximal part of axon in CNS
Distal axon in PNS

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What are the 4 Types of Neuron?

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Sensory
Integrative
Motor

(Anaxonic)

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What is the function of a sensory neuron?

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Sends environmental signals to integrative centre

Periphery towards CNS

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What is the function of an integrative neuron?

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Collates all information

CNS

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What is the function of a motor neurone?
Sends signals to effector tissues CNS to Periphery
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What are the 2 different structures sensory neurones can have?
Bipolar Psuedounipolar
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Describe the structure of a bipolar neuron
Perikaryon (cell body) is inline with the signal/impulse Has 1 axon and 1 dendrite
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Describe the structure of a psuedounipolar neuron
The Perikaryon is not inline with the signal The Perikaryon use not found in CNS
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What is the function of an Anaxonic neurone?
They act as relays Found in the retina and some parts of the CNS
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What is the structure of an Anaxonic neurone
NO AXON Many DENDRITES Dendrites releases neurotransmitter
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Where are the cell bodies of pseudounipolar, bipolar and postsynaptic autonomic neurones found?
Outside the CNS
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Where are Purkinje and pyramidal cells (both integrative neurones) found?
In CNS
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What colour do Nissl bodies get stained with Cresyl violet?
PURPLE (stains the Ribosomal RNA) So nucleolus and Nissl bodies easy to see
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What does Anterograde mean?
Moving towards the axon/away from the perikaryon nucleus
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What does retrograde mean?
Moving back towards nucleus
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What is the axon hillock?
The hill like structure between the main cell body of the neuron and the axon
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Where is lots of Golgi apparatus found in neurone?
The axon hillock
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Why is there lots of Golgi at the axon hillock?
Enzymes in Golgi vesicles make neurotransmitter which need to travel down the axon
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How does neurotransmitter travel down an axon to the synapse?
The microtubule shuttle system The negative (retrograde) end of the microtubule removed and added onto the positive (anterograde) end A Kinesin with anterograde vesicle attached and a Kinesin with mitochondria attached walk down the microtubule
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What is Kinesin?
Protein associated with the microtubule
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What is the role of Kinesin?
It walks the vesicle containing the neurotransmitter (anterograde vesicle) and a mitochondria to the terminal bouton of the axon
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What happens to the microtubule once it reaches the terminal bouton?
It dissolves so vesicle with neurotransmitter and mitochondria are deposited at the terminal
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How is the empty (retrograde) vesicle transported back to the cell body?
Microtubule with Dynactin associated to it walks along the microtubule as the positive (anterograde) end of the microtubule is removed and added to the negative (retrograde) end
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What is dynactin and what is its function?
Protein associated with microtubule which is transported the empty retrograde vesicle back to the perikaryon
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Why do the mitochondria which have been transported to the terminal bouton remain there?
They provide the Ca2+ needed for neurotransmitter to fuse with he plasmalemma
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What happens to neurotransmitter once its been released from its vesicle into he synaptic cleft?
Binds to postsynaptic neuron receptor If not bound recycled back into synaptic knob by pinocytosis
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What’s are the 4 connective tissue layers found in nerves?
Endoneurium Perineurium Epineurium Paraneurium (fascia separating nerves from surrounding structures
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What is the Endoneurium
Loose connective tissue surrounding a single axon Endoneurium = myelination created by schwann cells
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What is perineurium?
Specialised connective tissue which contains transport proteins to control the ionic concentration of a fascicle Surrounds clusters of axons to form a FASCICLE
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What is Epineurium?
Dense Irregular connective tissue Contains all the fascicles
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What is the Paraneurium?
Dense regular connective tissue Spiral connective tissue which surrounds multiple nerves. Fascia that separates nerves from surrounding structures
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What does damage to the myelin in the CNS cause?
Multiple Sclerosis
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What does damage to myelin in the PNS cause?
Gillian Barre syndrome
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How does an axon of the PNS become myelinated by a Schwann cell?
Axon surrounded/engulfed by a Schwann cell Mesaxon membranes surround embedded axon 1 mesaxon membrane successively wraps axon in concentric circles stimulated by Neuregulin 1 (NRG1) Cytoplasm of Schwann cell squeezed out , this compaction forms the finished myelin
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What is Neuregulin 1?
An epidermal growth factor
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What does Neuregulin 1 do?
Stimulates a mesaxon of the Schwann cell to wrap around the embedded axon in successive concentric circles about 20 times
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What does a mutation in the Neuregulin-1 gene (NRG-1) cause?
Schizophrenia
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How does an Oligodendrocyte myelinate a nerve in the CNS?
Produces MULTIPLE cytoplasmic processes that wrap around MULTIPLE axons
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What is the key difference in the myelination process of a Schwann cell (PNS) and Oligodendrocyte (CNS)?
The cell body of the Oligodendrocyte sits outside of the neuron The cell body of a Schwann cell wraps itself around the neuron
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How do Myelinated peripheral never appear with Toluidine blue stain?
Thick continuous blue layer (indicates the myelination) Toluidine stains fat blue
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How do unmyelinated peripheral nerves appear with Toluidine stain?
2 separate blue layers Inner layer is membrane of nerve/axon Outer layer is membrane of Schwann cell The Schwann cell is not contiguous
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What are the gaps between 2 schwann cells called?
Nodes of Ranvier
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What is the small amount of cytoplasm that can be found at the nodes of Ranvier called?
Schmidt Lanterman Clefts
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Do myelinated or unmyelinated nerves transmit nervous impulses the fastest?
Myelinated Saltatory conduction can occur
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What is saltatory conduction?
When the electrical impulse jumps from 1 node of Ranvier to the next since the myelination insulates the axon so depolarisation can only happen at these regions
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Why is the conduction of an electrical impulse in an unmyelinated axon slower than a myelinated one?
Depolarisation has to continuously progress all the way down the axon which is slower than jumping between nodes of Ranvier in a myelinated axon
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How does diameter of an axon affect the speed it conducts nervous impulses?
Larger the diameter the faster the speed of impulse transmission
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Why do axons with larger diameters conduct electrical impulses faster?
Less resistance to flow of ions The gaps between Nodes of Ranvier are larger in myelinated axons
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Describe the structure of an unmyelinated nerve
The axons are engulfed by the cytoplasm of the schwann cell There are gaps between the axons
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What are the support cells of the CNS called?
Neuroglial cells (Glia)
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What are the 4 types of Neuroglial cells in the CNS
Oligodendrocytes Astrocytes Microglial cells Ependymal cells
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Role of Oligodendrocytes
Myelinate/insulate axons in the CNS
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Describe the structure of an Astrocyte
Star like structure Have feet which attach to blood vessels (peri vascular feet) in the brain and feet which attach to nerves (perineural feet)
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What is the role of an Astrocyte?
Contributes to blood brain barrier Transports nutrients (lactate) from blood to nerve cells Release Glutamate near to Nodes of Ranvier regulating/stimulating nervous impulses
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What is the strucutre of a Microglial cell?
Large cell with FLAT ELONGATED NUCLEUS
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What is the role of Microglial cells?
They are macrophages which reside in the CNS They have immune function Remove damaged nerve cells Digest protein tangles associated with senile DEMENTIA and ALZHEIMERS
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Where are Ependymal cells located in the CNS?
They are located in the spinal canal which is at the centre of the Grey Comissure which is Posterior to the Ventral Median Fissure
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What type of tissue are Ependymal cells derived from?
neural tissue and neural crest
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What structures do Ependymal cells have on their Apical surface?
Cilia Microvilli
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What is the function of Ependymal cells?
Produce and secrete Cerbrospinal Fluid (CSF) Cilia moves CSF through ventricles to spinal cord Microvilli absorb CSF for removal of PATHOGENS CSF also protects brain and spinal cord from sudden impacts
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What is the importance of the modified tight junctions of Ependymal cells?
Control release of CSF into brain
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What is Multiple Sclerosis (MS)?
Autoimmune degradation of the myelin sheath Patchy loss, some parts of axon also destroyed Is remmiting and relapsing
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MS affects which part of the nervous system?
CNS Degrades myelin in CNS
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What are the Symptoms of MS?
Fatigue Vision problems (Diplopia) Slurred speech (Dysarthria) Mobility issues Dysphagia (Difficulty eating and swallowing) Numbness and tingling
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What is Guillian Barré syndrome?
Demyelination of motor neurones Affects the PNS
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What type of symptoms does Guillain Barré syndrome cause?
Produces bilateral symptoms affecting both sides of body Numbness Pins and needles Weakness Pain Balance and coordination
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Why can Guillain Barré syndrome be deadly?
May affect Neurons leading to intercostal muscles and diaphragm leading to breathing issues
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Why are symptoms produced from MS and GBS?
Speed of conduction of impulses down axons are affected

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