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Muscular and nervous tissues are called ____ tissues because they are especially sensitive to stimulation and react with charges in membrane voltage.

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excitable

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What are the electrochemical signals which travel in waves to form nerve impulses called?

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action potetials

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When a nerve impulse reaches the end of a nerve fiber, the fiber releases ____ that diffuse across the gap and stimulate the next cell.

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neurotransmitters

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What components does the peripheral nervous system (PNS) consisit of?

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nerves and ganglia

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What are cells that carry out commands called?

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effectors

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What are the effectors of the somatic system?

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skeletal muscle cells

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What are the effectors of the automatic system?

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cardiac muscle, smooth muscle, and gland cells

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What are the two kinds of cells that compose nervous tissue?

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  • neurons (nerve cells)
  • neuroglia (glial cells)
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What are the three main parts of the neuron?

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  • soma
  • axon
  • dendrites
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What are the four types of neuroglia in the central nervous system?

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  • oligodenrocytes
  • ependymal cells
  • microglia
  • astrocytes
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Why does there need to be a blood/brain barrier? How does the brain recieve oxygen and nutrients?

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To prevent toxins in the bloodstream from reaching the brain. The cerebrospinal fluid is what provides the brain with oxygen and nutrients.

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What are the two types of neuroglia in the periphreal nervous system?

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  • Schwann cells
  • satellite cells
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The brain is ____% of the body’s weight, but gets ____% of its blood flow.

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2%; 15%

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What is the purpose of the Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB).

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To protect neurons from harmful blood-borne agents.

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How does the process of myelination differ between the CNS and PNS?

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In the CNS…
* myelination occurs in a centripetal fashion (towards the center)

In the PNS…
* myelination occurs in a centrifugal fashion (towards the outside)

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What are the naked sections on the myelin sheath called in between the myelin/Schwann cell component? What happens here?

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Nodes of Ranvier; the electrical signal is boosted

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When a membrane potential is at rest, which ion is most prevelant within the cell?

this includes the sodium/potassium pump

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potassim (K+)

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At the peak of an action potential, the Na channels are ____ and the K+ channels are ____.

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closed; opened

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What are the two main divisions of the nervous system?

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  • central nervous system
  • peripheral nervous system
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What components of the body are included in the central nervous system?

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  • brain
  • spinal cord
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What are the first two divisions of the peripheral nervous system?

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  • sensory division
  • autonomic (visceral motor) divison
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Sensory division
* ____ division
* ____ division

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  • visceral sensory division
  • somatic sensory division
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Motor division
* ____ division
* ____ division

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  • visceral motor division
  • somatic division
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What are the two components of the visceral motor division?

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  • sympathetic division
  • parasympathetic division
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Name part (1) of the brain
frontal lobe
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Label part (2) of the brain
parietal lobe
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Label part (3) of the brain
occipital lobe
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Label part (4) of the brain
cerebellum
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Label part (5) of the brain
temporal lobe
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Label part (6) of the brain
spinal cord
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What are the main components of a neuron?
1) soma (cell body) 2) dendrites 3) axon (nerve fiber) 4) Schwann cells (neurilemmocyte)
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Which part of the neuron includes... * tiny branches, spines * spreak out in the tissue * ends of electric impulses
dendrites
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Which compoment of the cell is composed mainly of myelin?
the myelin sheath
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Which part of the neuron includes... * neurofibrils * chromstophilic substance * no centrioles or mitosis * melanin and lipofuscin
soma (cell body, neurosoma, perikaryon)
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Which part of the neuron includes... * axon hillock * exolemma * collateral branches * terminal
axon (nerve fiber)
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Which part of the neuron includes... * spines * branching * extensions from the soma
dendrites
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Which part of the neuron includes... * neurilemma * myelin sheath * initial segment * trigger zone
Schwann cells (neurilemmocyte) (type of glial cell)
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What is located at the core of the brain?
basal ganglia
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Which neuron shape includes cerebral neurons?
multipolar
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Which neuron shape includes olfactory neurons and retinal neurons?
bipolar
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Which neuron shape includes somatosensory neurons?
unipolar
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Which neuron shape includes adrenal neurons, and some brain and retinal neurons?
anaxonic
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Electric impulses flow from the ____ of the presynaptic terminal to the ____ of the postsynaptic terminal.
axon; soma
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Which kind of neuroglia... * extends arms out to several nearby nerve fibers * wrap around them to form a spiral myelin sheath
oligodendrocytes | CNS
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Which kind of neuroglia... * Lines central cavaties of brain and spinal cord * Secretes and circulates cerebrospinal fluid
ependymal cells | CNS
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Which kind of neuroglia... * is small macrophages of CNS * probes nervous tissue with spindly arms, detects foreign matter, phagocytize microbes, dead nervouse tissue, and debris * the "housekeepers" of the CNS
microglia | CNS
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Which kind of neuroglia... * cover brain surface * cover nonsynaptic areas of neurons * supportive frameworl for nervous tissue * secrete nerve growth fractor (NGF) * regulate chemical composition of tissue fluid in CNS * Form scar tissue if CNS is damaged * Stimulate formation of blood-brain barrier (BBB)
astrocytes | CNS
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Which kind of neuroglia... * Surround the cell bodies of neurons in the PNS ganglia (arrows). * Provide electrical insulation and chemical regulation
satellite cells | PNS
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# Which kind of neuroglia... * Coil around axons in the PNS. * Form a neurilemma (single or outermost coil) around all axons, and... * Form multilayered myelin sheath around most.
Schwann cells | PNS
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What does this picture depict?
Centripetal myelination by an oligodendrocyte
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What does this picture depict?
Centrifugal myelination by a Schwann cell
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Label part (1) of this picture
axon
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Label part (2) of this picture
myelin
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Label part (3) of this picture
neurilemma
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Label part (4) of this picture
unmyelinated nerve fiber
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What component lies in the grooves in the surface of Schwann cells?
unmyelinated nerve fibers
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Label part (1) of the nerve cross section (SEM)
myelinated nerve fibers
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Label part (2) of the nerve cross section (SEM)
unmyelinated nerve fibers
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Label part (3) of the nerve cross section (SEM)
endoneurium
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Label part (4) of the nerve cross section (SEM)
fascicles
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Label part (5) of the nerve cross section (SEM)
perineurium
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Label part (6) of the nerve cross section (SEM)
blood vessels within the fascicles
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Which nerves cross sections are visible under a light microscope?
* sensory nerves * motor nerves * mixed nerves
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What is a collection of neuronal bodies found in the coluntary and autonomc branches of the peripheral nervous system (PNS)?
ganglion
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The nerve signal arrives at the synapse from the ____ neuron. After reaching this neuron, the signal arrives at the ____ neuron.
presynaptic; postsynaptic
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What is the most common point of termination at a synapse where the axon of one neuron ends at a dendrite of the postsynaptic cell?
axodendritic synapse
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What is the second most common most common point of termination at a synapse where it ends at the soma of the next cell?
axosomatic synapse
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What is the least common point of termination at a synapse where the axon of one neuron ends near the termination of the second neuron's axon?
axoaxonic synapse
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Each nerve fiber is surrounded by a thin connective tissue sleeve called a(n) ____.
endoneurium
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Nerve fibers are bundled into groups called ____.
fascicles
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Fascicle groups are surrounded by a thicker connective tissue layer called the ____.
perineurium
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Several fascicles constitute the nerve which is surround by ____.
epineurium
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What bundles are formed where nerves travel with small arteries and veins, wrapped in a common connective tissue sheath?
neurovascular bundles
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What is a knot-like mass of meurosomas in the PMS? It is covered with epineurium continuous with that of the nerve.
ganglion
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What structure includes the dorsal root ganglia adjacent to the spinal cord, containing the somas of unipolar somatosensory neurons?
sensory ganglia
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Which structures are motor components of the autonomic nervous system, and do have synapses?
autonomic ganglia
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Which ganglia are where the sympathetic and parasympathetic preganglionic neurons synapse with the postganglionic ones?
autonomic ganglia

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