Nervous System Flashcards
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myelinating glia in the CNS are called ______ while in the PNS they are _____
CNS : Oligodendroglia
PNS : Schwann cells
Describe the structural components of the peripheral nervous system
cranial and spinal nerves (all other NS structures that connect CNS to body)
-develop from neural crest cells
spinal nerve = mixed nerve (mixed with different neuronal axons) that carry motor, sensory and autonomic signals between the spinal cord and the rest of the body.
-pattern: dermatomes
Describe the meninges (CT) covering the CNS from external to internal layers
Dura (thick, overlying, most external dense connective tissue under skull - continuous with periosteum in bone)
Arachnoid (delicate sheet of connective tissue; subarachnoid: blood vessel supply, CSF fluid circulates to protect brain; arachnoid trabeculae-loose connective tissue)
Pia (innermost layer, directly adherent to the brain and spinal cord which is continuous with the perivascular connective tissue sheath of blood vessels of the brain and spinal cord.)
Somatic NS provides sensory and motor innervation to all parts of the body except?
viscera
smooth and cardiac muscle
glands
Sympathetic nervous system vs. Parasympathetic nervous system
S (fight or flight)
P (rest and digest)
Describe the functional components of the peripheral nervous system
Autonomic (visceral) NS (excitatory and inhibitory) communicates with INTERNAL organs and glands (autonomic = visceral = organs = internal)
Somatic (body) NS (excitatory) communicates with sense organs and voluntary muscles -receives info from and responds to EXTERNAL world (somatic = parietal = body = external)
- Sensory Afferents (INPUT)
- mostly along dorsal spine
- Motor Efferents (OUTPOUT)
- mostly along ventral body
(SAME DAVE!)
Sensory Afferent Motor Efferent
Dorsal Afferent Ventral Efferent
Describe the functional components of the peripheral nervous system
Autonomic (visceral) NS (excitatory and inhibitory) communicates with INTERNAL organs and glands (autonomic = visceral = organs = internal)
Somatic (body) NS (excitatory) communicates with sense organs and voluntary muscles -receives info from and responds to EXTERNAL world (somatic = parietal = body = external)
- Sensory Afferents (INPUT)
- mostly along dorsal spine
- Motor Efferents (OUTPOUT)
- mostly along ventral body
(SAME DAVE!)
Sensory Afferent Motor Efferent
Dorsal Afferent Ventral Efferent
How do the somatic and visceral nervous systems differ, both structurally and functionally?
The visceral (autonomic/organs) NS communicates with internal organs and glands after detecting information within the body in order to respond, and is broken down into: -Sympathetic (fight or flight) and -Parasympathetic (rest and digest) divisions
The Somatic (body) nervous system communicates with voluntary muscles and sense organs, and contains sensory afferents for input (receives info from external world) and motor efferents (responses to sensory info from external world) for motor output. -Innervates structures that develop from somites.
Sensory input is along the dorsal spine/coming up your back, while motor output is primarily ventral
Which cells are found in the CNS? the PNS?
CNS
- Neuron (functional cells)
- group of neuronal cell bodies = nucleus
- Glia (supporting cells): Astrocyte, Oligodendroglia (myelinating axons), Microglia
PNS
- Neuron
- group of neuronal cell bodies = ganglion (DRG)
- Glia (Schwann cells)
Describe the PNS connective tissue layers
3! epi! peri! endo!
Epineurium: vascularized, dense irregular connective tissue surrounding nerve fascicles into common bundle of nerve fibers (adipose is associated with epineurium in large nerves)
Perineurium: Vascularized, specialized connective tissue surrounding a nerve fascicle that contributes to the formation of the blood-nerve barrier by serving as a metabolically active diffusion barrier
Endoneurium (around each axon and its schwann cell, nerve fiber): loose connective tissue surrounding each individual nerve fiber, visible at EM (collagen fibrils)
Epineurium
PNS
densest layer*- what we see as the nerve in lab
vascularized, dense irregular connective tissue surrounding nerve fascicles into common bundle of nerve fibers (adipose is associated with epineurium in large nerves)
Perineurium
PNS
Vascularized, specialized connective tissue surrounding a nerve fascicle that contributes to the formation of the blood-nerve barrier by serving as a metabolically active diffusion barrier
-surrounds functional group of axons
Endoneurium
PNS
around each axon AND its associated schwann cell, nerve fiber): loose connective tissue surrounding each individual nerve fiber, visible at EM (collagen fibrils)
Autonomic system is primarily “input”, true or false?
FALSE
-the bigger part of autonomic is OUTPUT to communicate with internal organs and glands
major divisions of output are sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems
Neural crest cells give rise to PNS, true or false?
TRUE
Which functional part of the nervous system drives and balances homeostasis?
VISCERAL (organs)
-bc it innervates both the organ systems AND their corresponding elements to respond to information it has detected within the body
True or False, the somatic nervous system innervates structures that develop from somites, which originate from paraxial mesoderm in embryonic development.
TRUE
paraxial mesoderm > somites > somatic (body)
Glia are the functioning cells and neurons are the supporting cells in the NS, True or False?
FALSE
neurons are the functioning cells, glia support
What are the different names for a group of neuronal cell bodies in the CNS vs PNS?
CNS: Nucleus
PNS: ganglion (think DRG=dorsal root ganglia)
True or False, the Schwann cell is doing pretty much everything to support the PNS neurons, but in the CNS this support is divided between several different cells.
TRUE
Dura mater
from the mesenchyme cells surrounding neural tube
thick, overlying, most external
-dense connective tissue of the 3 meninges in the CNS
-has component very closely associated with inner lining of the bone (skull, vertebrae) called the periosteum
under skull - continuous with periosteum in bone
Arachnoid
from neural crest cells
delicate sheet of connective tissue; subarachnoid: blood vessel supply, CSF fluid circulates to protect brain; arachnoid trabeculae-loose connective tissue
Pia
from neural crest cells
Innermost layer, directly adherent to the brain and spinal cord which is continuous with the perivascular connective tissue sheath of blood vessels of the brain and spinal cord
Pia-think pea (smallest/thinnest meningeal layer, it’s usually ONE CELL thin)
The outer lining of the dura mater is usually in close association with or adherent to the periosteum of the skull but not the vertebrae, True or False?
FALSE, adherent or close proximity to both the skull and the vertebrae periosteum
-specifically the VERTEBRAL CANAL (cause that’s where we find the cord, dura is covering cord)