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What are the 3 steps of nervous function?

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  1. Sensory input
  2. Integration
  3. Motor output
    (SIM)
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What are the 2 basic parts of the whole (integrated) nervous system?

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CNS and PNS

central nervous system and peripheral nervous system

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What are nerves made of?

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Bundles of axons

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What are ganglia?

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Small clusters of neuron cell bodies OUTSIDE the CNS

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What are the 2 divisions of the peripheral nervous system (PNS)?

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  1. Afferent (sensory)

2. Efferent (motor)

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What are the 2 divisions of the motor (efferent) division of the PNS?

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  1. Somatic nervous system

2. Autonomic nervous system (ANS)

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What are the 2 divisions of the autonomic nervous system (ANS)?

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Sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions

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What does the PNS (peripheral nervous system) do?

What is it made of?

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Communicates btw the CNS and the rest of the body

Made of cranial nerves and spinal nerves

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What is the sensory (afferent) difision of the PNS made of?

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Somatic and visceral sensory nerve fibers

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What is the motor (efferent) division of the PNS made of?

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Motor nerve fibers

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How do the sensory (afferent) division and the motor (efferent) division of the peripheral nervous system work together?

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Sensory (afferent) picks up messages in receptors and transmits signals to the CNS
Motor (efferent) takes messages from CNS to effectors (muscles and glands) if action is required

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Is the somatic nervous system voluntary or involuntary?

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Voluntary

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What is the function of the somatic nervous system?

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It conducts impulses from the central nervous system to the skeletal muscles

CNS –> skeletal muscles

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Is the autonomic nervous system voluntary or involuntary?

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Involuntary

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What is the function of the autonomic nervous system (ANS)?

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Conducts impulses from the CNS to involuntary muscles, e.g. cardiac muscles, smooth muscles, and glands

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What does the sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) do?

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It mobilizes body systems during activity

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What does the parasympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) do?

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It conserves energy - housekeeping functions performed at rest

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What is the enteric nervous system (ENS)?

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The “brain of the gut”

Senses change in GI tract and controls GI smooth muscle and glands involuntarily

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What are the 3 basic parts of a neuron?

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  1. Cell body
  2. Dendrites
  3. Axon
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What are Nissl bodies? What part of the neuron are they found in?

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Clusters of endoplasmic reticulum - sites of protein synthesis
In the cell body of a neuron

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What do microtubules do in the cell body of a neuron?

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Microtubules move materials between the cell body and the axon

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What part of the axon is the trigger zone?

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Initial segment of axon where impulses arise

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What is a synapse?

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The communication site between

  1. a neuron and
  2. an effector cell (another neuron, a muscle fiber, a gland, etc.)
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What is the difference between unipolar, bipolar, and multipolar neurons?

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of dendrites/processes
Unipolar - one process formed by fusion of axon and dendrite (pain receptors of skin)
Bipolar - one dendrite and one axon (special senses)
Multipolar - multiple dendrites (brain and spinal cord)

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Astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, microglia, and ependymal cells are all example of cells found in the CNS or PNS?
CNS
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What do astrocytes do?
Support metabolic and functional needs of neurons | Forms blood-brain barrier (protects neurons)
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What do oligodendrocytes do?
Produce myelin sheath in CNS
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What do microglia do?
Phagocytic cells of CNS
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What do ependymal cells do?
They line fluid-filled cavities and help produce and circulate cerebrospinal fluid
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What are the 2 types of neuroglia found in the peripheral nervous system?
1. Schwann cells | 2. Satellite cells
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What do Schwann cells do in the PNS?
They cover axons or produce myelin sheath in the PNS
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What do satellite cells do?
Satellite cells surround the cell bodies in ganglia, maintaining the proper environment for neurons
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What are the Nodes of Ranvier?
Spaces btw myelin sheaths Increases speed of impulse conduction Saltatory effect (jumping)
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Why is white matter white?
Myelin sheaths
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What is gray matter made of?
Cell bodies (of neurons) Dendrites Unmyelinated axons
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Spinal cord vs. brain - gray/white matter superficial/deep?
Spinal cord: gray = deep, white = superficial | Brain: white = deep, gray = superficial
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What are axon collaterals?
Branches off of the main the axon of a neuron - the branches go to other cells. These axon collaterals end in axon terminals of their own.
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What are axon terminals? Aka telodendria? | telo-dendria
Branched ENDS of axons
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When dendrites receive incoming messages TOWARD the cell body of the neuron, what kind of electrical signals are they? Action potential or graded potential?
Graded potential
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What is a nerve fiber?
A long axon, like the ones that stretch from your spinal cord to your feet
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What is the axolemma of an axon?
The plasma membrane of the axon
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What is the synaptic end bulb of an axon?
It's the bulb-shaped end of the axon terminal that forms synapses with the effectors/post-synaptic neurons
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What do synaptic vesicles carry?
Neurotransmitters
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What is axonal transport?
Recycling trucks - transport of used materials back to cell body for recycling
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What special neurological ability does the hippocampus have in the brain that distinguishes it from other areas of the brain and spine (CNS)?
Hippocampus can generate new neurons - important for learning Rest of CNS can't generate new neurons
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What is Wallerian degeneration?
Part of axon repair - distal axon deteriorates and cell eats itself (macrophages)
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What is resting membrane potential?
Electrical voltage difference across a membrane * Due to differing concentration of ions * Lipid bilayer is such a good insulator that it keeps the charges separate
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What type of ion channels are leakage channels?
They open channels for specific ions
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What type of ion channels are chemically-gated channels?
Open or close in response to particular chemical stimulus, e.g. neurotransmitters or hormones
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What type of ion channels are mechanic-gated channels?
Open or close in response to mechanical forces (pressure, sound waves, stretching...)
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What type of ion channels are voltage-gated channels?
They open or close in response to a change in membrane potential.
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Is a resting neuron more negative on the inside, or more positive on the inside (as compared to the outside environment)?
Neuron is more negative inside
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What is the resting membrane potential? What is the average value of it in mV?
Difference in charge btw inside and outside the axon of neuron -70 mV
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Outside of neuron, do we see more sodium or potassium?
Sodium ions (positive)
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Inside of the axon of a neuron, do we see more sodium or potassium?
Potassium ions (positive) with bigger negatively charged protein, so overall charge is negative
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Sodium potassium pump - which goes ion goes into the cell, and which goes out?
2 potassium ions in 3 sodium ions out Overall positive flow outward
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What is an action potential?
When there is a big enough difference in membrane potential to trigger voltage gated channels Achieved by depolarizing resting neuron
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What is the threshold voltage?
-55 mV
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What is depolarization?
So much sodium rushes in b/c voltage-gated sodium channels have opened that the cell becomes depolarized (goes positive inside)
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What is repolarization?
After depolarization, voltage-gated potassium ions open, potassium flows out, but too much to hyperpolarization, then sodium potassium pumps kick in and bring things back to resting
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What are the 2 ways that action potentials can be propagated? Which is faster?
Continuous propagation or saltatory (leaping) propogation. Saltatory is faster b/c it jumps from one Node of Ranvier to another
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What is the difference between A, B, and C nerve fibers? Relative size (small-med-large)? Speed? Are they myelinated?
A - largest, myelinated, fastest B - medium, myelinated C - smallest, unmyelinated, slowest
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Do excitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSP) depolarize or hyperpolarize the cell membrane?
ESPS depolarizes
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Do inhibitory postsynaptic potentials (ISPS) depolarize or hyperpolarize the cell membrane?
ISPS hyperpolarizes
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What is the synaptic delay?
The time lag between conversion from electrical to chemical signal and then back again

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