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Phys. Unit 4

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Central nervous system components   spinal cord and brain  
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What nervous system is divided into   central and peripheral systems  
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peripheral nervous system components   afferent and efferent  
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How much of the blood is in the brain/   15-20% of total blood supply  
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Weight of brain and percent of total body weight   1.5 kg and about 2% of weight of 70 kg man  
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What secretes cerebrospinal fluid?   choroid plexuses  
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What is the blood-brain barrier?   A tissue complex made by the ependyma neuroglia and controls rates of entry and types of substances allowed in  
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Direction of afferent NS?   Sensory organs to CNS  
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Direction of efferent NS?   CNS to Motor organs  
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Myelination description   Schwann cells secrete mylin (fat) sheath around axon that insulates the axon and increases velocity of transmission of impulses; have Nodes of Ranvier  
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Two types of NS cells   Neurons and neuroglia  
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What is basic communication unit of NS?   Neuron  
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Part of neuron that receives stimulus   Dendrites  
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What synthesizes proteins and neurotransmitters?   Cell body  
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Where is the action potential initiated?   In the cell body in the initial segment, or Hillock Area  
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Most common type of neuron   interneurons (200,000)  
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Least common type of neuron   afferent (1.0)  
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Afferent neuron size   long dendrites, short axons  
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Efferent neuron size   short dendrites, long axons  
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Interneurons size   short dendrites, and either long or short axons  
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Number of neurons and neuroglia   neurons- 10% neuroglia- 90%  
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Size of neurons and neuroglia   neuroglia are smaller, neurons are larger volume is occupied in 50/50 neurons/neuroglia  
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Somatic Division definition   only skeletal muscles (voluntary) activities; fast transmission; always excitatory; uses ACH  
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Transmission at synapse   most chemical (neurotransmitter), a few electrical  
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Synapses definition   1. can be excitatory(facilitatory) or inhibitory 2. inputs (divergent and convergent)  
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How many synapses does a spinal neuron have?   15 x 10^3  
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How many synapses does a cranial neuron have?   100 x 10^3  
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Autonomic Division definition   involuntary activities; parasympathetics and parasympathetics; innervates smooth, cardiac muscles; uses 2 neurons and ganglion; uses ACH and norepinephrine  
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What division is the major controller of homeostasis?   autonomic division  
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What is the name for adrenal secretions?   neurohormones  
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Adrenal Medulla secretions?   20%- norepinephrine 80%- epinephrine  
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Sympathetic division secretions?   20%- epinephrine 80%- norepinephrine  
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Cholinergic receptors   1. Nicotinic: respond to nicotine; found on other neurons and skeletal muscle 2. muscarinic- respond to mushroom toxin; found on smooth and cardiac muscle, as well as glands  
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What binds cholinergic receptors?   ACH  
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Adrenergic receptors   1. Alpha- excitatory or stimulatory 2. Beta- inhibitory  
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What binds to adrenergic receptors?   epinephrine or norepinephrine(does not bind to beta receptors)  
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Exceptions to receptors   Cardiac muscle-norepinephrine binds to beta receptors (excitatory response) **(NE is not supposed to bind to beta receptors and not excitatory)  
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Resting membrane potential (Vm)   -70 mV  
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Depolarization definition   1. Apply excitatory stimulus 2. Na channels open and K channels close 3. Na influx and cell becomes more positive (30-40 mV)  
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Repolarization definition   1. K channels open, Na channels closed 2. K efflux and cell becomes more negative (-80 mV)  
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Hyperpolarization definition   1. Apply an inhibitory stimulus 2. K channels open, Na channels close 3. K effux, cell becomes more negative than resting potential (Vm)  
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Threshold value   -55 mV  
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Equilibrium potential values   1. K+: -90 mV (more inside cell) 2. Na+: +60 mV (more outside cell) 3. Cl-: -70 mV (do not contribute to membrane signals)  
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Types of potentials   graded and action  
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Graded potential   1. created by subthreshold stimulus 2. amplitude/size depends on strength of stimulus 3. transmitted decrementally 4. useful in local or short distances 5. can be summed up to make an action potential  
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Action potential   1. characteristic of excitable membranes-neurons, muscles, glands 2. caused by rapid changes using voltage-sensitive ion channels  
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Threshold voltage value   +15 mV  
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Magnitude or size of AP determined by what?   independent of stimulus strength, but determined by number of Action Potentials fired/unit of time  
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Refractory periods   1. Absolute: during all of the depolarization and part of repolarization phase 2. Relative: during late part of the repolarization; can restimulate with supra-threshold stimulus only)  
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Where is summation of a signal done on a neuron?   Hillock area because it has the lowest threshold value  
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