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34 Cards in this Set
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What are the 2 things that make up the central nervous system?
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Brain
Spinal cord |
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Efferent nerves goes (in/out) of the CNS
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out
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Afferent nerves goes (in/out) of the CNS
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in
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What are the 4 part of the brain that analyses and integrates the sensory and motor information brought by the sensory components
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Cerebrum
Cerebellum Brainstem Spinal Cord |
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What are the 2 distinct section of the motor components
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Autonomic
Somatic |
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Interneurones are in the (CNS/PNS)
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CNS
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Motor neurones goes (in/out) of the CNS
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out
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Sensory neurones goes (in/out) of the CNS
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in
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What is the most common transmitter in synaptic terminals of excitatory neurones?
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Glutamate
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What is the most common transmitter in synaptic terminals of inhibitory neurones?
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gamma amino butyric acid (GABA)
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A ______ is a collection of neuronal cell bodies in the CNS
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nucleus
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A _______ is a group of functionally related axons in the CNS
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tract
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A bundle of axons in the PNS is known as a _________
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nerve
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A collection of neuronal cell bodies in the PNS is known as a __________
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ganglion
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Neurons body location in an efferent nerve (CNS/PNS)
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CNS
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Neurons body location in an afferent nerve (CNS/PNS)
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PNS
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Axons of efferent nerves (heavily mylinated/myelinated or un-mylinated)
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Heavily mylinated
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Axons of afferent nerves (heavily mylinated/myelinated or un-mylinated)
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myelinated or unmylinated
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Information flow in an efferent nerve (CNS-effector/Sensory-CNS)
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CNS-effector
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Information flow in an afferent nerve (CNS-effector/Sensory-CNS)
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Sensory-CNS
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What are the neurotransmitter for efferent nerves
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Acetylcholine
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What are the neurotransmitter for afferent nerves
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Glutamate
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(Sympathetic/Parasympathetic) is involved in flight and fight
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Sympathetic
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(Sympathetic/Parasympathetic) is involved in housekeeping
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Parasympathetic
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(Sympathetic/Parasympathetic) has short presynaptic mylinated nerves
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Sympathetic
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(Sympathetic/Parasympathetic) has ganglia close to CNS
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Sympathetic
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(Sympathetic/Parasympathetic) has long postsynapse
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Sympathetic
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(Sympathetic/Parasympathetic) has postsynapse that branches extensively
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Sympathetic
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(Sympathetic/Parasympathetic) has long preganglionic (mylinated)
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Parasympathetic
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(Sympathetic/Parasympathetic) has ganglia close to or in targets
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Parasympathetic
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(Sympathetic/Parasympathetic) has short postganglions that branches minimally
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Parasympathetic
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Which are the 2 myelinated glial cells?
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Schwann cells
Oligodendrocytes |
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Which glial cell provides nutrients to the nervous tissue and plays a role in repair and scarring process in the brain
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Astrocytes
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Which glial cell is known as a scavenger - an immune cell of the CNS and cleans up CNS detoris
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Microglia
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