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Nervous system cells notes

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Cells of the Nervous System   Neuron, Glia  
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what is a Neuron   functional unit  
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three types of neurons   multipolar neuron, bipolar neuron, unipolar neuron  
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Dendrites   carry impulses TOWARD cell body  
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Axon   carry impulses AWAY from cell body  
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Nissl bodies   provides protein molecules needed for the transmission of nerve signals  
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Nodes of Ranvier   gaps in myelin sheath, increases speed of nerve impulses  
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Telodendria   distal, branching tips of axon  
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multipolar neurons   found in brain and spinal cord; many dendrites, 1 axon  
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bipolar neuron   found in eye, ear, olfactory pathways; least numerous  
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Unipolar neuron   always a sensory neuron  
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Glia   support neurons, do not conduct info  
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5 types of Glia   Astrocytes, Microgila, Ependymal cells,oligodendrocytes, schwann cell  
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Astrocyte   "feeds" the neuron, helps form blood-brain barrier; largest & most numerous  
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Microglia   phagocytosis ability  
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Ependymal cells   line fluid filled cavities in brain and spinal cord  
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Oligodendrocytes   produces myelin sheath around nerve fibers in CNS  
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Schwann Cell   produces fatty myelin sheath around nerve fibers in PNS  
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Neurilemma   sheath, essential to regeneration of injured nerve fibers; regeneration will only occur if neurilemma & cell bodies are intact  
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White Matter   Myleinated nerve fibers  
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Grey Matter   made up of cell bodies & unmyleinated fibers in CNS; ganglia & unmyleinated fibers in PNS  
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Endoneurium   surrounds each nerve fiber  
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Fasicles   bundles of nerve fibers w/ their endoneurium  
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Perineurium   surrounds fasicles  
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Epineurium   surrounds complete nerve  
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Central Nervous System consists of   brain and spinal cord  
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Peripheral Nervous System consists of   nerves arising from brain and spinal cord  
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Afferent Division aka   Sensory division  
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Sensory Division   incoming sensory pathways- sense organs to CNS  
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interneuron   connects afferent and efferent nerves, lies entirely within the CNS  
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Efferent division aka   Motor division  
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Motor division   outgoing motor pathways- CNS to muscles or glands  
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Somatic Nervous system   carries info to skeletal muscles  
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autonomaic Nervous System   carries info to smooth muscles, glands and cardiac muscle  
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Somatic, Voluntary or Involuntary?   voluntary  
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Autonomaic, voluntary or involuntary?   involuntary  
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Sympathetic   prepares body for "flight of fight"  
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Parasympathetic   coordinates body's normal resting activities ex: digestion  
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Reflex Arc   Receptor> sensory neuron> interneuron> motor neuron> effector  
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Nerve impulses   wave of electrical fluctuation that travels along a plasma membrane  
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membrane potential   difference in electrical charge across a plasma membrane of a neuron  
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polarized   term referring to a neuron that has membrane potential  
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resting membrane potential   when a nerve is not conducting an impulse  
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charge when a nerve is not conducting an impulse   -70mv  
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voltage gated channel   open in in response to voltage fluctuation  
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example of voltage gated channel   potassium pump  
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Action Potential   membrane potential of an active neuron  
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Nerve impulse   all-or-none response  
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action potential aka   nerve impulse  
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stages/steps of a nerve impulse   1. stimuli causes Na+ to come into cell 2.Influx causes adjacent gates to open creating a nerve impulse 3. depolarization occurs  
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repolarization   after impulse, membrane moves back to resting membrane potential  
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repolarization must occur before what?   a new impulse is detected  
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relative refractory period   milliseconds after impulse, membrane is repolarizing  
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relative refractory period will only respond to   a very strong stimulus  
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anesthesia   work by inhibiting the opening of the sodium channels, thus inhibiting the impulse  
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how many sodium ions are pumped out of the neuron for every 2 potassium ions pumped into the neuron   three  
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saltatory conduction   impulse conduction where impulse "jumps" from node of ranvier to node of ranvier  
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the larger the diameter of a nerve....   the faster the impulse  
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synapse   place where signals are transmitted from one neuron to another  
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synapse (technical terms)   transmitted from presynaptic neuron to postsynaptic neuron  
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Synaptic transmission (2 types)   Electrical and Chemical  
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Chemical Synapse (3 structures)   synaptic knob, synaptic cleft, plasma membrane of a postsynaptic neuron  
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synaptic knob   tiny bulge at end of presynaptic neuron's axon (contains neurotransmitter)  
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synaptic cleft   space between pre and post synaptic neuron  
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contains protein receptors for neurotransmitters   plasma membrane of a postsynaptic neuron  
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neurotransmitters   released and bind to receptors on the postsynaptic cell  
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neurotransmitters are classified by....   function and chemical structure  
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4 main chemical classes   acetylcholine (ACh), Amines, amino acids, "other" small molecules  
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Amines are found where?   brain  
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seratonin and histamine are?   Amines  
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severe depression results from?   insufficient amines in the brain  
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Catecholamines   Dopamine, epinephtine and norepinephrine  
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what blocks the uptake of dopamine?   cocaine  
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Most disorders of the nervous system involve what?   glia  
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Multiple Sclerosis   disorder of oliodendrocyte  
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Glioma   most common brain tumor, usually benign  
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Benign   noncancerous  
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Glioblastoma multoforme   highly malignant form of an astrocytic tumor  
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glioblastoma multoforme spreads in what part of the brain?   white matter  
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multiple neurofibromatosis   numerous fibrous neuromas throughout the body  
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