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Cell bodies of general somatic efferent
in CNS
Cell bodies of general somatic afferent
DRG
What is the CNS
brain and spinal cord
What is the CNS
the rest of the nerves outside of the CNS
Somatic
motor skeletal muscle, precise sensation
Autonomic
motor cardiac, smooth, and glands

vague sensation
Sympathetic autonomic
T1 - L2

goes everywhere
Parasympathetic autonomic
craniosacral

does not go to body wall
Neural tube
Brain and spinal cord
Neural crest
PNS, and associated glia
Nervous system of the GI
Enteric nervous system, 3rd branch of the autonomic nervous system
Which germ layer give rises to the nervous system?
Ectoderm

Neural tube - CNS
Neural crest - PNS
What kind of neurons is DRG?
Peripheral, since their cell bodies lie in the periphery

Part of their central process goes into the CNS
The transition from PNS to CNS?
The point where the axon penetrates the pia
What kind of neurons is the motor neurons?
Central, since their cell bodies lie in the CNS (ventral horn)
Cells responsible for the ensheathed or myelinated axons in the PNS
Schwann cells
Cells responsible for the ensheathed or myelinated axons in the CNS
Oligodendrocytes
Classification of sensory ganglion cell
Pseudounipolar
Classification of spinal motor neuron
Multipolar
Afferent mode of carrying info
From target

i.e. to CNS from skin
Efferent mode of carrying
To target

i.e. From motor neurons to muscle
4 domains of the neuron
Input - soma, dendrites, and sometimes portion of axon

Trigger zone - decision to generation AP

Conductile domain - axon, to propagate the AP

Output - synapse
Location of protein synthesis of neurons
In the soma and proximal dendrites

also, neurons in mature nervous system do not divide
Axon hillock
Site of AP generation (except in psedounipolar, where the AP is near the peripheral)

This section has high density of voltage-gated Na and K channels
Axon
Speed of AP depends on the diameter the axon

Axons larger than 1 micron is myelinated
Synapses (different type of and their mode of transmittance)
Electrical, by gap junctions

Chemical, by having calcium being released by the bouton due to the AP and neurotransmitter containing vesicles fuse with PM and release transmitters into cleft
Orthograde
Transporting from cell body to ends of the axon or dendrites

Kinesin responsible (- end toward +)
Retrograde
Transporting from distal ends of the cell back to the cell body

Dynein responsible (+ end toward -)
Axons regeneration is depended on...
Rate of slow axonal transport
What are leakage channels?
Ungated (always open) channels for K or Na, responsible for neuronal resting membrane potential
What are voltage-depending channels?
Voltage-gated Na and K

Major contributors to the neuronal AP. Highest concentration in the axon hillock and in the nodes of Ranvier

Voltage-gated Ca channels
-important for neurotransmitter release
What are chemically-gated?
Responsible for the postsynaptic cell's ability to respond with a change in membrane polarization to a neurotransmitter
Glial cells background and function
Can divide in adult, but they don't fire AP or form synapses

Supporting neuronal functions
What are they?
CNS - oligodendrocytes, astrocytes, microglia, and ependymal cells

PNS - Schwanna cells (all functions)
Myelinating glia
Produces myelin to increase the speed of potential conduction

Schwann cells in PNS
Oligodendrocytes in CNS (aka the white matter)
Schwann cells vs. Oligodendrocytes
Schwann cells contribute to only one axon, can ensheath many, synthesize BL

Oligodendrocytes contribute to several, do not synthesize BL
Astrocytes
Provide structural support, located in both white and gray

Take up materials from blood and provide nutrition for neuron, same with glucose

Recycle neurotransmitter

Buffering
Microglia
Primary phagocytic cells of the CNS
Ependymal cells
line the ventricles of brain and central canal of spinal cord

secrete CSF
What are t-tubules
Extensions of sarcolemma
Describe excitation-contraction coupling
1.) AP invades t-tubules

2.) Voltage-sensing receptor DHP opens Ca channels on sarcoplasmic reticulum

3.) Ca rush into the cytoplasm

4.) Ca binds to troponin

5.) Troponin moves tropomyosin moves out of the way, allowing actin-myosin binding
Ca++-ATPase
Pump that pumps Ca++ using ATP back to the sacroplasmic reticulum
Motor unit recruitment order
Lowest to highest threshold

Slow, fatigue resistent first

Then intermediates

Finally fast, high tension, easily fatigued
Asynchronous recruitment
Motor units take turns in sub-maximal situations avoiding fatigue
Thin filament
Actin, troponin, tropomyosin,
Thick filament
Myosin, titin
A band
Thick filament, don't change when contracting
I band
Thin filament, changes during contracting
What changes during contraction?
Sacromeres, I band
What protein in muscle hydrolyzes ATP?
Myosin, happens when myosin is detached from actin
Relationship of Actomyosin ATPase to Vmax
ATP hydrolysis is the sole determinant of Vmax

Vmax being the max velocities of shortening
DHPR
Dihydropyridine receptors, located in the t-tubules, voltage sensitive Ca channels

main function is to communication with ryanodine receptions that an AP has signaled for contraction
RYR
Ryanodine receptors

Channels that release Ca++ from SR into the cytoplasm to activate contractile proteins
Summary of excitation-contraction
1.) AP at surface membrane
2.) Transmitting of the signal down T-tubules
3.) Release of Ca from SR (DHYR and RYR)
4.) Ca diffuses to filaments, initiates contraction
5.) Ca taken up by SR = relaxation
Twitch
response to single action potential
Tetanus
response to multiple stimuli delivered at a rate sufficient to produce a fused contraction
Isometric contraction
Force vs. muscle length

A muscle generating forces without changing length, such as hand gripping on the objective without dropping
Passive force
the force required to stretch a relaxed muscle to a given length

force arises from titin
Active force
Total - passive

force comes from the attachment of crossbridges
Total force
The final force of a muscle following stimulation

Passive force prior to stimulation and force generated in response to the stimulus
Isotonic contraction
Muscle getting shorter under constant load
Preload (Isotonic)
The load that establishes initial muscle strength

Load is carried by muscle at rest and during contraction
Afterload (Isotonic)
load that is supported until the muscle develops enough force to lift it
Familial Hypertrophic (FHC)
Point mutation

Enhanced power production
Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM)
Point mutation

Diminished power production
Muscular Dystrophy
Progressive muscle weakness and wasting

Loss the genetic code to form the dystrophin-glycoprotein complex, which connects the ECM to the cytoskeleton
Smooth Muscle vs. Skeletal (in terms of force, velocity, and energy consumption)
Force: smooth > skeletal

Velocity: skeletal 100x> smooth

Energy: skeletal 300x> smooth
Contraction of SM, describe mechanism
Myosin light chan phosphorylation

1.) AP leads to rise in Ca from the SR
2.) Ca binds to calmodulin
3.) Ca-calmodulin complex binds to Myosin light chain kinases (MLCK)
4.) MLCK phosphorylates the light chain (myosin)
5.) Myosin can now attach to actin and contract