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What is included in the Central Nervous System

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Brain and spinal cord

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What is included Peripheral Nervous System

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Everything else

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Afferent Division

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Part of the (PNS) Transmits impulses from peripheral organs to the (CNS)

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Efferent (motor)

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Transmits impulses from CNS to the peripheral organs to cause effect or action

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Somatic (Part of Efferent)

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supplies skeletal muscles and is mostly voluntary

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Automatic System

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What are the two parts of the automatic nervous system

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The Sympathetic and the parasympathetic divisions, both are involuntary

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What does the sympathetic division do

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Controls fight or flight. Main hormones are epinephrine and nor epinephrine.

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What parts of the body hold sympathetic nerves

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Thoracacolubular regions

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what does the Parasympathetic Division do

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Relaxes the body, acetocholine is released.

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Where are parasympathetic divisions

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The craniosacral regions

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What is the enetric nervous system

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Controls digestion via nerves embedded into the digestion track

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Where is 90% of the bodies serotonin stories

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The digestive track

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Dendrites

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Branchlike extensions off of neurons, receive incoming signals from neurons or sensory cells.

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Cell body

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Contains the genetic information and control all activities of neurons

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Axon

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The part of the neuron that conducts action potentials

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Synaptic end bulb

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The end part of the axon, releases neurotransmitters onto a target cell

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Synapse

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Narrow junction which allows chemical signals to go from one neuron to another, creating new action potentials

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myelin

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wraps around axons, mylinated neurons all for an increased speed of action potentials. Wide diameters conduct axons more rapidly

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What do Glial cells do

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They act as support cells for the nervous system

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Astrocytes

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Control the chemical environment around neurons, form blood brain barrier.

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Oligodendocytes

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Make myelin on the axons in the CNS.

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Microgila

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Phagocyte cells in the CNS, digest waste and infections

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Ependymal cells

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Line ventricles of brain and the central canal of the spinal cord, made spinal fluid

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PNS glial cells
Include satelitle cells and Shwann cells
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Satellite cells
Provide nutrients to neurons in the PNS
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Schwann cells
Make Myelin on the axons of the PNS neurons
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What parts are included in Glial cells
Astrocytes, oligodrocytes, microgila, and ependymal cells
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What is going on in a cell when it is at its resting membrane potential state
The cell does not conduct any action potentials therefore the sodium is greater outside the cell, and potassium is greater inside the cell, negatively charged proteins are also greater inside the cell, making the charge indie the cell -70 mV
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What is a graded potential
a stimulus that allows sodium to move into the cell.
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Threshold potential
If the cell reaches the threshold potential more sodium can move into the cell
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What is depolarization
Occurs when NA+ diffuses rapidly into a cell which makes the inside of the cell less negative about 55 MV+ (Peaks at +30 MV)
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Repolorization
Occurs when K+ moves out of the cell and the membrane potential become negative,
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When does hyperpolerization occur
When the membrane potential drops to -90mV
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Hyper-polarization
prevents another action potential from being generated until the neuron reaches its resting membrane potential again
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Sodium potassium pump
Uses energy to move 3 NA out of the cell and to K into the cell at the same time.
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Local anesthetics
block sodium channels, preventing depolarization in pain conducting nerves
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What is multiple sclerosis
An autoimmune disease which destroys mylien sheets of nerve fibers interrupting
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Where can depolarization occur
Occurs at the nodes of ranvier, the segments of axons that are not covered with myelin.
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How do mylinated axons carry out action potentials
Salutatory conduction (used to describe depolarization at the nodes of ranvier
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How do unmylinated Axons carry action potential
Continuous conduction
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Continuous conduction
The slower movement of action potentials due to depolarization that occurs along the entire length of its axon terminal
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presynaptic neuron
fires the neurotransmitter when an action potential enters its axon terminal
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Synapse
A point of contact between neurons
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Synaptic cleft
the space between pre and postsynaptic neurons
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Post synaptic neuron
receives the neurotransmitter after it has crossed the synapses
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What are Neurotransmitter
Chemical messengers secreted by neurons, can either excitatory or inhibitory
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Excitatory neurotransmitters
Cause depolarization
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what are the common excitatory neurotransmitters
Acetocholine, norepinephrine, glutamate, substance P., Nitric Oxide
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Acetylcholine
CNS: Involved in memory, motivation, arousal and attention PNS: required for skeletal muscle contraction; the main parasympathetic neurotransmitter.
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Glutmate
CNS: The primary excitatory neurotransmitter of the brain PNS: Makes rapid signaling necessary for learning memory possible
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Norepinephrine
CNS: Regulates arousal, attention, cognitive function and stress reactions PNS: The primary sympathetic neurotransmitter
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Substance P
CNS: Regulates pain perception in the brain PNS: Induces inflammation in the intestines
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Nitric Oxide
CNS: Facilitates communication between neurons in the brain PNS: Causes validations of the blood vessels in the penis and clitoris
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What do inhibitory neurotransmitters do
they prevent depolarization cause hyperpolerization
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Common inhibitory neurotransmitters
Serotonin, GABA, Glycine, Adenosine, endorphins, and endocannabinoids
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Serotonin
CNS: Regulates mood PNS: Regulates intestinal functions
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GABA
CNS: primary inhibitor neurotransmitter induces sleep and relaxation control anxiety stress and fear.
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Glycine
CNS: Involved in the processing of motor and sensory information
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Adenosine
CNS: Protects the brain by preventing glumate releases during a stroke
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Endorphins
CNS: Produces feeling of euphoria PNS: Reduce pain by blocking the releases of substance P
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Endocannabinoids
CNS: Involved in learning and memory; controls appetite and nausea control.

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