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What are the divisions of the nervous system? |
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CNS & PNS
Sensory & Motor
Somatic & Visceral
ANS
ENS |
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CNS= Brain/ Spinal Cord
PNS= Cranial/ Spinal Nerves |
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Neurons that carry impulses from CNS to responsive structures. |
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Explain Sensory vs. Motor |
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Sensory= Information carried out by afferent neuron toward the CNS,initiated by a receptor.
Motor= Information carried out by efferernt neuron away from CNS. |
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Explain Somatic vs. Visceral |
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Somatic=Carries information to skeletal muscle (vol)
Visceral(autonomic)=carries information to smooth muscle glands (involuntary). |
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What are 2 types of effectors? |
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What are the two neuromuscular junctions/synapse. |
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Neuroneuronal
neuroglandular |
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Explain Sympathetic vs. Parasympathetic |
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S= Up system
p= Down system |
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What does the ENS control? |
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Smooth muscle movement
organ secretion |
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What are the functions of the nervous system? |
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Sensory (receiving)
Integrative(deciding)
Motor(reacting) |
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What are the three parts of a neuron? |
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What is a dendrites function? |
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80% of receptors, sensory portion
and carries out stimulus toward soma |
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What is a somas function? |
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What is an axons function? |
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Motor portion carries impulse from soma to next target |
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What are the two parts of a triggerzone? |
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axon hillock
initial segment |
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What is white matter vs. gray? |
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Mylinated axons
Unmylinated |
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What are the characteristics of nerve tissue? |
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irratability
conductivity
secretion |
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What are the functions of nerve tissue? |
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electrical control
regulation
communication
evaluation
brain functions |
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What are nodes of ranvier? |
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Narrow gaps in myelin sheath between schwann cells. |
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What are the four types of flial cells in the CNS? |
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Microglia
Astrocytes
Oligodendrocytes
Ependymal cells
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What are the 2 glial cells in the PNS? |
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Schwann cells
satellite cells |
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What are astrocytes divided into? |
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Fibroastrocytes- hold neurons in place and replace damaged
Protoplasmicastrocytes- control chemical concentration |
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What do Schwann cells do? |
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What do satellite cells do? |
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Help hold neurons in place |
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What do oligendrocytes do? |
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Produce myelin surrounding axons |
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Action vs. Local Potential |
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Action: Irreversible, nongraded, stimulatory, nondecremental.
Local: reversible, graded, stimulatory and or inhibitory,decremental. |
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What are the components of a reflex arc? |
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receptor
sensory neuron
interneuron
motor neuron
effector |
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What is the difference between pre and post synaptic inhibition? |
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Pre- where effectors are occuring and less stimulation
post- no stimulation releases potassium |
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What are the three layers of meninges? |
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Dura Mater- tough mother
Arachnoid- spiderweb like
pia mater- faithful mother |
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What are the 4 ventricles? |
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What are the basic functions of the brain? |
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recieve
analyze
sensory
determine response
motor output |
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What are the primary vesicles? |
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Prosencephalon(forebrain)
Mesencephalon(midbrain)
Rhombencephalon(hindbrain) |
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What are the secondary vesicles? |
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Telencephalon/Discephalon = Pro
Mesencephalon
Metercephalon/myelencephalon=Rhomb |
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What are the adult structures of the vesicles? |
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Cerebrum= telencephalon
thalamus,hypothalamus,epithalamus=diencephalon
Pons/cerebellum= metencephalon
medulla oblongotta-myelincephalon |
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What does the cerebellum contain? |
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Gyri
sulci
fissures
hemispheres
lobes |
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What are the cerebral lobes and their functions? |
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Frontal- concentration, planning, problem solving
Parietal- speech, words, pain, temperature
Temporal- auditory, hearing
occipital- vision |
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what is teh central sulcus? |
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Division between motor and sensory & parietal and frontal. |
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what is the cerebral collosum? |
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main connection between right and left hemispheres called "great commissure" |
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What are the five major addiction classes? |
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drug
work
gambling
food
sex |
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speech carried out by motor activity |
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understanding. intelligence. reading. writing |
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Gateway to the cerebral
23 nuclei |
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What is perkinsons disease associated with? |
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Dopamine in basal nuclei because not able to activate or release |
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What is the connection between the lateral and third ventricle called? |
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What are the 5 areas of Thalamic Functions? |
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Somesthetic
motor
visual
audio
emotional |
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What is the hypothalamus functions |
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Controls heart rate
body temp
hunger/thirst
sleep
emotions/memory
light in eyes
gastro intestinal secretions |
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Pineal gland influencing 24 hr sleep cycle and tells when full |
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majory highway connection containing midbrain pons and medulla |
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connects hind with forbrain |
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regular rate of breathing
for transmission |
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What is medulla oblongota? |
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primary place for breathing associatied with cardiac Vasomotor and respiratory centers |
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What is reticular formation |
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Filters incoming sensory information |
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What is the choroid plexus? |
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Capillaries that secrete cerebral spinal fluid into brain |
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What are the functions of spinal fluid? |
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buoyancy
protection
chemical stability |
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What are the three cerebellar pendicules? |
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What are the six eye muscles? |
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superior, inferior, medial, lateral rectus
superior and inferior obliques |
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What does the spinal cord have? |
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Epidural layers of adipose not dura. |
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What are the spinal cords tracts? |
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acending= sending in sensory info
decending= sending out motor info |
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What do gray and white matter do? |
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G= recieves incoming info in horns
W= carry info up and down in collumns |
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What are the three types of acending tracts? |
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Fasciculus(posture)
spinothalamic(pain)
Spinocerebellar(movement) |
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What are three decending tracts? |
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Corticospinal (voluntary move)
vestibulospinal (balance)
tectospinal ( move of head) |
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What are the first six cranial nerves and their functions? |
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C-I: Olifactory- sensory- smell
C-II: Optic-sensory-vision
C-III: Oculomotor- Motor- Movement of eye, opening eye, sixe of pupil
C-IV: Trochlear- motor- eye movement and movement of superior oblique
C-V:Trigeminal-mixed- facial expresions and produce saliva/taste
C-VI:Adbducens-motor-moves lateral rectus.
C-VII: Facial-mixed-facial expressions, produce saliva, taste.
C-VIII:Vestibulochlear-sensory-hearing/balance
C-IX: Glossopharngeal-mixed-taste,control blood pressure, and release saliva.
C-X: Vagus: mixed- viscera control
C-XI: Accessory-motor-control head/neck
C-XIII: hypoglossal-motor-respiration, tongue. |
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When is spinal cord at largest? |
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Spinal cord forms end at L2 |
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Group of nerves exiting from common location and destination |
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Cervical
brachial
lumbar
sacral |
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What nerve does the cervical plexus have? |
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What nerve does cervical plexus have? |
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What does brachial plexus contain? |
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axillary
median
radial
ulnar
musculataneaus |
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What does sacral contain? |
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Sciatic Nerve- tibial and fibial |
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What is the structure of a peripheral nerve? |
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Epineurium- outermost layer
perineurium- looser layer
endoneurium-small lose tissue |
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