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62 Cards in this Set
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cranial nerve 1 |
olfactory purely sensory smell |
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cranial nerve 2 |
optic purely sensory vision |
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cranial nerve 3 |
oculomotor mixed eyelid, internal eye muscles |
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cranial nerve 4 |
trochlear mixed external eye muscle- superior oblique |
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cranial nerve 5 |
trigeminal mixed chewing, sensory on face |
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cranial nerve 6 |
abducens mixed eyes moving latterly |
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cranial nerve 7 |
facial mixed facial expression, tase buds |
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cranial nerve 8 |
vestibulocochlear purely sensory hearing |
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cranial nerve 9 |
glossopharyngeal mixed throat (gag swallow etc) |
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cranial nerve 10 |
vagus mixed pharynx, larynx, digestive |
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cranial nerve 11 |
accessory mixed neck muscles |
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cranial nerve 12 |
hypoglossal mixed tongue movements |
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gathering information to monitor changes occurring inside and outside the body |
sensory input |
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to process and interpret sensory input and decide if action is needed |
integration |
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a response to integrates stimuli, it activates |
motor output |
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what does the central nervous system include |
brain and spinal cord
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what is the peripheral nervous system |
nerves outside the brain and spinal cord spinal nerves and cranial nerves |
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division of the PNS |
sensory (afferent) motor (efferent) |
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nerve fibers that carry information to the central nervous system |
sensory or afferent division |
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nerve fibers that cary impulses away rom the central nervous system |
motor or efferent division |
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division of the motor (efferent) division |
somatic nervous system (voluntary) autonomic nervous system (involuntary) |
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support cells in the CNS are grouped together |
neuroglia |
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functions of neuroglia |
support, insulate, and protect neurons |
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abundant star shaped cells that brace neurons from barrier between capillaries and neurons controls the chemical environment of the brain |
astrocytes |
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spiderlike phagocytes dispose of debris |
microglia |
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line cavities of the brain and spinal cord circulate cerebrospinal fluid |
ependymal cells |
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wrap around nerve fibers in the CNS produce myelin sheets |
oligodedryocytes |
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protect neuron cell bodies |
satellite cells |
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what are neurons |
nerve cells |
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what do neurons do |
cells specialized to transmit messages |
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regions of neurons |
cell body (nucleus and metabolic center of the cell) processes (fibers that extend from the cell body) |
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neurofibrils |
intermediate cytoskeleton maintains cell shape |
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the cell body includes |
nucleus large nucleolus |
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conduct impulses toward the cell body |
dendrites |
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conduct impulses away from the cell body |
axons |
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what do axons end in |
axonal terminals |
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what do axonal terminals contain |
vesicles w neurotransmitters |
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gap between adjacent neurons |
synaptic cleft |
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junction between nerves |
synapse |
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whitish, fatty material covering axons |
myelin sheath |
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produce myelin sheaths in jelly roll-like fashion |
schwann cells |
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gaps in myelin sheath along the axon |
nodes of ranvier |
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cell bodies and unmyelinated fibers |
gray matter |
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clusters of cell bodies within the white matter of the cells |
nuclei |
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collections of cell bodies outside the CNS |
ganglia |
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many extensions from the cell body |
multipolar neurons |
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one axon and one dendrite |
bipolar neurons |
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have a short single process leaving the cell body |
unipolar neurons |
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ability to respond to a stimulus |
irritability |
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ability to transmit an impulse |
conductivity |
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fewer positive ions are inside the cell than outside the cell |
resting neurons |
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at rest the plasma membrane is |
polarized |
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what depolarizes a neurons membrane |
any sort of stimulus |
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what allows sodium to flow inside the membrane |
depolarized membrane |
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the exchange of ions initiates an action potential in the neuron |
depolarization |
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when do impulses travel faster |
when fibers have a myelin sheath |
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when potassium ions rush out of the neuron and sodium ions rush in |
repolarization |
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what restores the original configuration |
the sodium potassium pump, using atp |
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rapid, predictable, and involuntary response to a stimulus |
reflex, occurs over pathways called reflex arcs |
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direct route from a sensory neuron, to an interneuron, to an effector |
reflex arc |
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activation of skeletal muscles |
somatic reflexes moving hand away from heat |
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smooth muscle regulation |
autonomic reflex regulates: heart and blood pressure glands digestive system |