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Nervous System I: Nervous Tissue

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the nervous system is one of the ... yet... organ systems in the human body   smallest...complex  
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nervous system includes all of the   neural tissue in the body  
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the nervous system along with the ... controls and adjusts the activities of ...   endocrine...the other organ systems in the body  
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chief functions of nervous system   monitor, integrate, respond to information in the environment  
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CNS contains the   brain and spinal cord  
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PNS contains   nerves and ganglia  
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ganglia are all the nervous tissue structures external to the   CNS  
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the nervous system receives..and dictates   sensory inputs...motor outputs  
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2 functional divisions of the nervous system   afferent and efferent  
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afferent =   sensory  
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afferent division carries...from...through the   sensory impulses...sensory receptors...PNS TOWARDS the CNS  
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efferent division =   motor  
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efferent division carries...through...to the...   motor impulses AWAY FROM the CNS...the PNS...effectors  
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effectors are   muscles and glands  
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efferent is further divided into the   somatic nervous system (SNS) and autonomic nervous system (ANS)  
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SNS provides   voluntary control over skeletal muscle contraction  
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ANS provides   automatic control involving regulation of smooth muscles, cardiac muscle, and glandular activity  
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types of sensory inputs and motor outputs are categorized as   somatic, visceral, general, special, branchial, proprioception  
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somatic refers to the   outer body  
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visceral refers to mainly the   inner body  
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general   widespread  
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special   localized  
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branchial innervation refers to   the motor innervation of pharyngeal muscle  
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proprioception refers to a series of senses that monitor the degree of   strech in muscles, tendons, and joint capsules  
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proprioception, therefor, refers to   sensing the positions and movements of the body parts  
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nervous tissue organization is comprised of   neurons and supporting cells called neuroglia or glial cells  
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neurons are   long-lived, non-dividing cells  
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each neuron has a   cell body (soma) and cell processes (axons and dendrites)  
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neuron cell SOMA contains a   nucleus surrounded by cytoplasm (nucleoplasm or perikaryon)  
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cytoplasm of neuron contains   supportive neurofibrils, neurotubules, neurofilaments and chromatophilic (Nissl) bodies  
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Nissl bodies are concentrations of   RER and free ribosomes  
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all neuron bodies are in the CNS except   for those found in ganglia of the PNS  
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axon hillock is the specialized region of an axon which connects   the initial segment of the axon to the cell body  
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axoplasm   cytoplasm of axon which contains numerous organelles  
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collaterals   side branches from an axon  
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terminal arborizations are a series of fine,   terminal extensions which branch from the tip of the axon and end at the synaptic terminals  
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terminal bouton is the area where   one neuron synapses on another  
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axolemma   plasmalemma of an axon  
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ganglia (PNS)   clusters of PNS neuron cell bodies  
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nerves (PNS)   bundles of axons in PNS  
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most neurons have a # of branched   dendrites which are receptive sites that conduct signals from other neurons TOWARD the neuron cell body  
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most neurons have one   axon which generates and conducts nerve impulses AWAY from the neuron cell body  
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synapse is a functional   junction between neurons at neuroeffector junctions  
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synapses function as a   site of intercellular communication  
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synapses occur on   dendrites, the cell body, or along axons (axodendritic, axosomatic, axoaxonic)  
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vesicular synapse =   chemical synapse involving neurotransmitters  
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nonvesicular synapse =   electrical synapse involving direct contract between cells  
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anatomically, neurons are classified by the   number of processes issuing from their cell bodies (multi, bi, uni, pseudouni, anaxonic)(polar)  
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multipolar   several dendrites and one axon  
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bipolar   one dendrite and one axon  
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unipolar   one process  
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pseudounipolar   the dendrite and axon are continuous at one side of the cell body  
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anaxonic   contains no distinguishable axon  
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functionally, neruons are classified according to the   direction in which they conduct impulses (sensory, motor, interneruons)  
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sensory (afferent) neurons conduct impulses   TOWARDS the CNS  
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motor (efferent) neurons conduct impulses   AWAY from the CNS  
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interneurons (association neurons)lie in the   CNS between sensory and motor neurons  
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there are non-neural supporting cells in the neural tissue which   support, protect, nourish and insulate neurons  
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supporting cells of the nervous system   neuroglia or glial cells  
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neuroglia of the CNS include   astrocytes, microglia, ependymal, oligodendrocytes  
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astrocytes are the   largest andmost numerous of the glial cells  
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astrocytes function in controlling the   interstitial environment  
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astrocytes repair   damaged neural tissue  
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astrocytes create a   3-D framework for the CNS  
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astrocytes guide   neuron development  
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astrocytes maintain the   blood-brain barrier which isolates the CNS from the environment  
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microglia   phagocytic cells of the CNS  
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microglia cells engulf   cellular debris, waste products and pathogens  
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ependymal cells   cuboidal to columnar epithelial cells that line the central canal and ventricles of the brain  
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oligodendrocytes   glial cells responsible for maintaining cellular organization in the gray matter and producting myelin to completely sheath areas of white matter  
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neuroglia or supporting cells of the PNS include   schwann cells and satellite cells  
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schwann cells   myelin forming cells that cover all peripheral axons, whether myelinated or unmyelinated  
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satellite cells   enclose neuron cell bodies in the peripheral ganglia  
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satellite cells regulate the   exchange of nutrients and waste products between the neuron cell body and the extracellular fluid  
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thick axons are   myelinated  
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myelin speeds   impulse conduction along axons  
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myelin sheath = a coat of   supporting cell membranes wrapped in layers around the axon  
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the myelin sheath has gaps called   nodes of ranvier  
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unmyelinated axons are surrounded by   supporting cells but they are not wrapped by layers of myelin  
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a peripheral nerve (simply nerve) is a   bundle of axons wrapped in CT in the PNS  
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each axon is enclosed by an   endoneurium  
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each fascicle of axons is wrapped by a   perineurium  
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the whole nerve is surrounded by the   epineurium  
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nerves are   organs because they contain more than one kind of tissue  
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reflexes are   rapid, automatic responses to stimuli  
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reflexes can either be   somatic or visceral  
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5 minimum number of elements in a reflext   receptor, sensory neuron, integration center, motor neuron, effector  
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simple 3 neuron reflex arcs form the basis of the   structural plan of the entire nervous system  
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sensory neurons enter the   spinal cord dorsally  
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motor axons exit   it ventrally  
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interneurons are the   confined to the CNS  
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the nerves in the PNS consist of the peripheral axons of the   sensory and motor neruson  
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cell bodies of motor neurons and interneurons make up the   internal gray matter of the CNS, whereas the cell bodies of sensory neurons lie external to the CNS in sensory ganglia of the PNS  
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throughout most of the CNS the inner gray matter is surrounded by   outer white matter  
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the extreme center of the spinal cord and brain is a   fluid-filled hollow central cavity  
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