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What are the tree basic functions of the nervous system?
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Sensory input (afferent)
Integration Motor output (efferent) |
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State the 2 subdivision of afferent division?
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Somatic sensory division
Visceral sensory division |
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Say three functions of somatic sensory?
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1. Exteroceptors(pain, pressure, vibration, temp)
2. Proprioceptors 3. Special senses (hearing, equilibrium,vision) |
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Say two functions of visceral sensory?
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1. Interoceptors (stretch, pain, temp/chemical change,
irritation in visceral, nausea and hunger) 2. Special senses (taste, smell) |
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State the two subdivisions of efferent division?
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Somatic motor
Visceral motor |
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Describe the function of somatic motor?
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Innervation of skeletal muscles
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Describe visceral motor?
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Innervation of
1.smooth muscle 2.cardiac muscle 3.glands |
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What do you call the commanding center of the nervous system?
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CNS
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What do you call the nervous system outside CNS?
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PNS (Peripheral Nervous System)
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What is the area in PNS, where the cell bodies of neurons are clustered.
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Ganglia
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Define neurons/nerve cells.
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Highly specialized cell that can conduct electric signals from one part of the body to another.
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What do you call the electric signal?
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Nerve impulse/action potential
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What is another name for the cell body?
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Soma
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What is the endoplasmic reticulum and free ribosomes in neurons called?
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Nissil bodies/chromatophilic bodies
Protein synthesis |
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What do you call the intermediate filaments between Nissl bodies?
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Neurofibrills
Keep the cell from being pulled apart. |
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Define dendrite (little tree)
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Receptive site of neuron
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Define axon
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Impulse generator and conductors
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What do you call the cone-shaped region of the cell body that initial axon segment arise from?
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Axon hillock
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Function of axon hillock.
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Action potential is generated here. Neurotransmitter is secredted here too.
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What lacks in axon that cell body has?
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Nissl bodies and golgi apparatus. No protein systhesis.
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What do you call the neuron that send action potential toward synapse?
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Presynaptic neuron
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What do you cal the neuron that send action potential from the sysnapse and to the effector?
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Postsynaptic neuron
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What do you call the synaps between dendrites and axon terminals?
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Axodendritic synapses
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What do you call the synaps between axons and neuron cell bodies?
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Axosomatic synapses
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What do you call neurons with
1. numerous dendrite and one axon. 2. two proccesses that extend to both sides. 3. Inverted T shape process |
1. Multipolar neuron
2. Bipolar neuron 3. Unipolar neuron |
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Where are each type of neurons found?
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1.Multi- motor neuron, interneurons
2.Bi-special sensory organ(inside ear, inside nose, retina of eyes) 3.Uni-Sensory neuron |
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What do you call the neuron that lie between sensory neuron and motor neuron?
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Interneuron
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Function of Sensory neuron?
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It transmit impulses from sensory receptors to CNS.
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Where is the cell bodies of sensory neurons?
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In dorsal ganglia
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Function of motor neuron?
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It carries impulses away from CNS and to effector organs.
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What do you call the supporting cells that do not become electrically exited, but can multiply greatly?
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Neuroglia/glial cells
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What neuroglia/glial cells are found in CNS?
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Astrocytes
Microglia Ependymal cells Oligodendrocytes |
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Which one nourish neurons, maintain ionic concentration, take up excess nurotransmitter?
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Astocytes
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Which one remove invading organism like bacterial and waste by phagocytosis?
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Microglia
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Which one line the verticles of the brain and central canal of spinal cord?
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Ependymal cells
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Which glial cells form the myelin sheath of neuronal processes in white matter of CNS?
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Oligodendrocytes
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What are two glial cells in PNS?
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Satelite cells and Schwann cells
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How are satelite cells and Schwann cell different?
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Satelite cells are on neuron cells in ganglia. Protect the cell.
Schwann cells are on axon. Insulate the axon for fast action potential. |
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State the 3. connective tissues around around Schwann cells starting from outside.
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Epineurium
Perineurium Endoneurium |
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What kind of connective tissue are they?
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Epineurium-dense irregular
Perineurium-areolar Endoneurium-dense irregular |
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What do you call a budle of nerves covered by perineurium?
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Fasicle
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List the five parts of reflex arc.
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1.Receptor
2. Sensory neuron in dorsal ganglia 3. Integration center(interneuron)in gray matter 4. Motor neuron in gray matter 5. Effector |
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What is the cause of multiple sclerosis?
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Auto immune disease that immune system attacks schwann cells and oligodendocytes.
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List symptoms of multiple sclerosis?
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Numbness or weakness in limbs.
Blurr or Loss of vision Tingling or pain in the body Speach problem Paralysis |
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List symptoms of multiple sclerosis?
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Numbness or weakness in limbs.
Blurr or Loss of vision Tingling or pain in the body Speach problem Paralysis |