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Neural Tissue

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Division of PNS that brings sensory info to the NNS   Afferent Division  
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Division of PNS that brings Motor commands to the muscles/glands from the CNS   Efferent Division  
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Efferent Division of the PNS that controls motor function   Somatic Nervous System  
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Efferent Division of the PNS that controls smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, adipose tissue, gland activity   Autonomic Nervous System  
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Cytoplasm surrounding the neucleus   Perikaryon  
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branches from the axon that can help the neuron communicate with many other cells   Collaterals  
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Neuron found in brain/special sense organs, with undistinguishable axons and dendrites, found in brain/sense organs   Anaxonic Neurons  
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Neuron that relay sight, sound or smell, have two process separated by a cell body, found in sight, sound and hearing organs   Bipolar Neuron  
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Most common neuron in sensory neuron, has a single elongate process, with cell body off to the side, found in sensory nerves of PNS   Unipolar Neuron  
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Most common neuron in CNS, motor neurons that control skeletal muscle, common in the CNS, skeletal muscle neurons   Multipolar Neuron  
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Receptors that monitor the position and movement of the skeletal muscles and joints   Proprioceptors  
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Neuroglia of CNS that line ventricles in the brain/central canal of the spinal cord, produces CSF   Ependymal Cells  
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Neuroglia of CNS that maintains blood/brain barrier,absorbs and recycles neurotransmitters   Astrocytes  
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Neuroglia of CNS that myelienate CNS axon, provide structural framework   Oligodendrocytes  
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Neuroglia of CNS that remove debris,waste, pathogens by phagocytosis   Microglia  
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Neuroglis of PNS that surround neuron cell bodies in ganglia, regulate O2 and CO2 nutrient and neurotransmitter levels around neurons in ganglia   Satellite Cells  
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Neuroganglia of PNS that surround all axon of PNS to mylienate PNS axons   Schwann Cells  
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temporary local change in the resting potential of the cell membrane, decreases with distance   Graded Potential  
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electrical impulse that is spread along the surface of the axon, does not diminish as it moves away from the source   Action Potential  
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a shift from the resting potential of the cell membrane closer to 0   depolarization  
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The process of restoring resting potential after depolarization   repolarization  
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the loss of positive ions, causing an increase in the negativity of the resting potential, (-70mv to -80mv)decreases with distance   Hyperpolarization  
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Initial refractory period lasting 0.4-1.0 msec   Absolute refractory period  
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Refractory period when sodium channels return to resting condition, until membrane potential stabilizes at resting levels   Relative Refractory period  
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Nerves of the Efferent division of Nervous system that innervates skeletal muscle   Somatic motor neurons  
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Nerves of the Efferent division of Nervous system that innervate peripheral effectors, cardiac muscle, smooth muscle, glands,adipose tissue   Visceral Motor Neurons  
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If resistance is high the current is   Small  
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If resistance is low the current is   Large  
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Channels that are always open but change shape in response to local conditions   Leak channels  
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Channels that open/close in response to specific stimuli   gated channels  
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Channels that open after binding with specific chemicals   Chemically gated channels  
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Type of axon fibers, large diameter/myelinated, speeds up to 120m/s   Type A  
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Type of axon fibers, smaller diameter/mylientated speeds up to 18m/s   Type B  
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Type of axon fibers, smallest diameter/unmyelienated, speeds up to 1m/s   Type C  
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Synapses in which membranes are locked together by gap junctions, in some areas of the brain, eye and in one pair of PNS ganglia   Electrical Synapses  
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Most abundant type of synapse, cells are not directly coupled, postsynaptic cell is not a slave to the presynaptic cell   Chemical Synapses  
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Neurotransmitter of Adrenergic synapses, distributed in the brain and portions of ANS   Norepinephrine  
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CNS neurotransmitter that effects precise control of movement   Dopamine  
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CNS neurotransmitter that effect a person's attention and emotional states   Serotonin  
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CNS neurotransmitter that has an inhibitory effect   GABA  
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gas generated by synaptic terminals that innervate smooth muscle in thw waslls of blood vessels in the PNS and synapses in several regions of the brain   Nitric Acid  
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gas generated by specialized synaptic terminals in the brain, functions as a neurotransmitter   Carbon Monoxide  
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Neurotubules, neurofilments, neurofibrils   Components of Neuron cytoskeleton  
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Dense areas of RER and ribosomes, makes the appearence of gray matter   Nissl Bodies  
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cytoplasm and perikaryon   Cell body  
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80-90% surface area of neuron, fine processes that recieve info from other neurons   Dendrites  
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Carries signal to target   axon  
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Cytoplasm of axon, contains neurotubles neurofibrils, enzymes and organelles   Axoplasm  
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Specialized cell membrane of axon, covers axoplasm   Axolemma  
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Initial segment of axon   Axon Hillock  
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Where a neuron communicates with another cell   Synapse  
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Chemical Messengers that released at presynaptic membrane, affect postsynaptic membrane, broken down by enzyme and reassembled in the synaptic terminal   Neurotransmitters  
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Afferent neurons of the PNS   Sensory Neurons  
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Efferent neurons of the PNS   Motor Neurons  
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Monitor internal systems, internal senses   Interoceptors  
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Monitor external senses, distance senses   Exteroceptors  
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Temporary, local changes in resting potential caused by a stimulus   Graded Potential  
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electrical impulse, produced by graded potential, propogates along axon to the synapse   Action Potential  
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slower movement of action potential down the axon, occurrs in unmyelienated axons   continuous propagation  
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faster movement of action potential down the axon, occurs in myelienated axons, depolarization occurs only at nodes   saltatory propagation  
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when a neurotransmitter cannot replenish fast enough to meet the demands of an intense stimulous   synaptic fatigue  
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occurrs between arrival of action potential at synaptic terminal and effect of postsynaptic membrane   Synaptic delay  
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neuromodulators that bind to same receptors as morphine and opium and relieve pain   opioid peptides  
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graded potentials that occur in postsynaptic membrane in response to neurotransmitters, IPSP, EPSP   postsynaptic potential  
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Graded hyperpolarization of postsynaptic membrane   IPSP  
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graded depolarization of postsynaptic membrane   EPSP  
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multiple EPSPs at one synapse   temporal summation  
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stimuli arrive at multiple synapses   spatial summation  
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when EPSPs accumulate to raise membrane potential closer to threshold so a small stimuli can trigger an action potential   facilitation  
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Directly opens Cl- channels, directly opens K+ channels and block entry of Ca2+   GABA  
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Indirectly G protiens and second messengers, Directly opens Ca2+/Na+ channels on pre/postsynaptic membranes   Glutmate  
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an enzyme complex coupled to a membrane receptor   G Proteins  
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