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WHAT IS THE COMPOSITION OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM?
NEURAL TISSUE,CONNECTIVE TISSUE, BLOOD VESSELS,
NAME TWO CELL TYPES OF NEURAL TISSUE.
NEURONS AND NEUROGLIA
WHAT IS A DENDRITE?
BRANCHED NERVE PROCESS THAT SERVES AS THE RECEPTOR SURFACE OF A NEURON.
WHAT IS AN AXON?
CYLINDRICAL NERVE PROCESS THAT CARRIES IMPULSES AWAY FROM A NEURON CELL BODY
WHAT IS A SYNAPSE?
JUNCTION BETWEEN TWO NEURONS
WHAT ARE THE TWO CELL TYPES OF NEURAL TISSUE?
NERVE CELLS OR NEURONS AND NEUROGLIA
WHAT ARE NERVE IMPULSES?
BIOELECTIC SIGNALS
DEFINE NEUROTRANSMITTERS
BIOLOGICAL MESSENGER
MOLECULES
WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF NEUROTRANSMITTERS?
ACTUAL CONVEYORS OF NEURAL INFORMATION
DEFINE CNS OR CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM.
ORGAN GROUP INCLUDES BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD
DEFINE PNS OR PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM.
COMPOSED OF CRANIAL AND SPINAL NERVES THAT CONNECT THE CNS TO OTHER BODY PARTS
NAME THE THREE FUNCTIONS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM.
RECEIVE, DECIDE AND REACT TO STIMULI OR TERMED
SENSORY, INTEGRATIVE AND MOTOR

***CONDUCTION OF IMPULSES AND INTEGRATION OF ACTIVITIES OF PARTS OF THE BODY
WHERE ARE SENSORY RECEPTORS LOCATED?
AT THE END OF PERIPHERAL NEURONS
WHAT FUNCTION DO SENSORY RECEPTOR PROVIDE?
RECEPTORS GATHER INFORMATION BY DETECTING CHANGES INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE BODY
I,E, LIGHT AND SOUND INTENSITIES,TEMPERATURE, OXYGEN CONCENTRATION, & CONDITIONS OF INTERNAL BODY ENVIRONMENT
DEFINE PREFIX ASTR.
STARLIKE
DEFINE PREFIX AX.
AXLE
DEFINE PREFIX BI.
TWO
DEFINE PREFIX DENDR.
TREE
DEFINE PREFIX EPENDYM.
TUNIC
DEFINE PREFIX LEMM.
RIND OR PEEL
DEFINE PREFIX MOTO.
MOVING
DEFINE PREFIX MULTI.
MANY
DEFINE PREFIX OLIGO.
FEW
DEFINE PREFIX PERI.
ALL AROUND
DEFINE PREFIX SALATOR.
A DANCER
DEFINE PREFIX SENS.
FEELING
DEFINE PREFIX SYN.
TOGETHER
DEFINE PREFIX UNI.
ONE
WHAT IS A STAR SHAPED NEUROGLIAL CELL?
ASTROCYTE
WHAT IS A NEURON WITH TWO PROCESSES EXTENDING FROM THE CELL BODY?
BIPOLAR NEURON
WHAT IS A NEUROGLIAL THAT LINE SPACES IN THE BRAIN AND THE SPINAL CORD?
EPENDYMA
WHAT IS A SHEATH THAT SURROUNDS THE MYELIN OF A NERVE CELL PROCESS?
NEURILEMMA
WHAT IS A NEURON THAT STIMULATES A MUSCLE TO CONTRACT OR A GLAND TO RELEASE SECRETION?
MOTOR NEURON
WHAT IS A NEURON WITH MANY PROCESSES EXTENDING FROM THE CELL BODY?
MULTIPOLAR NEURON
WHAT IS SMALL NEUROGLIAL CELL WITH FEW CELLUAR PROCESSES
OLIGODENDROCYTE
WHAT IS THE PORTION OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM THAT CONSISTS OF THE NERVES BRANCHING FROM THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD.
PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
WHAT IS A NERVE IMPULSE CONDUCTION IN WHICH THE IMPULSE SEEMS TO JUMP FROM NODE TO NODE ALONG THE NERVE FIBER.
SALTATORY CONDUCTION
WHAT IS A NEURON THAT CAN BE STIMULATED BY A SENSORY RECEPTOR AND CONDUCTS IMPULSES INTO THE BRAIN OR SPINAL CORD?
SENSORY NEURON
WHAT IS A JUNCTION BETWEEN TWO NEURONS?
SYNAPSE
WHAT IS A NEURON WITH ONLY ONE PROCESS EXTENDING FROM THE CELL BODY
UNIPOLAR
WHAT NERVES DO YOU FIND IN THE BRAIN?
CRANIAL NERVES
WHAT NERVES DO YOU FIND IN THE SPINAL CORD?
SPINAL NERVES
WHAT PARTS OF THE BODY DO YOU FIND IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM (CNS)?
BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD
WHAT PARTS OF THE BODY DO YOU FIND IN THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM (PNS)?
CRANIAL AND SPINAL NERVES
WHAT IS IN THE MOTOR DIVISION?
SOMATIC NERVOUS SYSTEM AND AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
WHAT IS IN THE SOMATIC NERVOUS SYSTEM?
SKELETAL MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS

MOTOR PORTION OF PNS THAT OVERSEES

CONSCIOUS (VOLUNTARY) ACTIVITIES
OVERSEES CONSCIOUS (VOLUNTARY) ACTIVITIES
WHAT IS IN THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM?
SMOOTH MUSCLE
CARDIAC MUSCLE
GLANDS
CONTROLS VISCERA
SUBCONSCIOUS (INVOLUNTARY ACTION)
WHAT ARE NEURONS?
NEURONS ARE THE STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL UNITS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM.
DEFINE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM.
CONTROLS VISCERA
MOTOR PORTION OF PNS OVERSEES SUBCONSCIOUS (INVOLUNTARY ACTION)
INTERNEURONS
CONNECT NEURON TO NEURON
FOUND IN CNS
MULTIPOLAR
TWO TYPES OF NERVOUS SYSTEM CELLS
NEURONS: SPECIALIZED TO REACT TO PHYSCICAL ADN CHEMICAL CHANGES IN SURROUNDINGS

*
MOTOR NEURONS
MULTIPOLAR
CARRY IMPULSES AWAY OF CNS
CARRY IMPULSES TO EFFECTORS
LONG AXON AND SHORT DENDRITE
NEURON STRUCTURE
DENDRITES: RECEIVE INFO FROM OTHER CELLS

AXONS: CARRY INFO AWAY FROM CELL BODY

CELL BODY: CONTAINS NUCLEUS AND MITOCHONDRIA
SENSORY NEURONS
AFFERENT:CARRY MESSAGE AWAY FROM BODY REGION TO CNS
* MOST UNIPOLAR, COME BIPOLAR
*LONG DENDRITES AND SHORT AXONS
IMPULSE PROCESSING NEURON POOLS
-GROUPS OF NEURONS THAT MAKE SYNAPTIC CONNECTIONS WITH EACH OTHER
-NEURONS WORK TOGETHER TO PREFORM A COMMON FUNCTION
-EACH POOL RECEIVES INPUT FROM OTHER NEURONS
-EACH POOL GENERATES OUTPUT TO OTHER NEURONS
NEUROTRANSMITTER DISORDERS
-ALZHEIMERS:DEFICIENT ACETYLCHOLINE
-CLINICAL DEPRESSIONS; NOREPINEPHRINE AND/OR SEROTIN
-MYASTNEIA GRAVIS:DEFICIENT ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTORS
-PARKINSONS:DOPAMINE
INHIBITORY POST SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL-IPSP
-HYPERPOLARIZES MEMBRANE OF POSTSYNAPTIC NEURON
-ACTION POTENTIAL OF POSTSYNAPTICE NEURON BECOMES LESS LIKELY
EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL (EPSP)-
-DEPOLARIZES MEMBRANES OF POST SYNAPTIC NEURONS
-ACTION POTENTIAL OF POSTSYNAPTIC NEURONS BECOMES MORE LIKELY
SUMMATION
EPSP(EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL) AND IPSP'S (INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL) ARE ADDED TOGETHER
-OCCURS AT TRIGGER ZONE
-MORE EPSP'S LEAD TO GREATER PROBABILITY OF ACTION POTENTIAL
MECHANISM OF A NERVE IMPULSE
1. AT REST THE OUTSIDE IS MORE POSITIVE THAN INSIDE
2.NA+ MOVES INSIDE CAUSING AN ACTION POTENTIAL, THE INFLUX OF NA+ MAKES THE INSIDE OF CELLS MORE POSITIVE THAN OUTSIDE
3. K+ MOVES OUTSIDE, RESTORING RESTING POTENTIAL
4. 3 NA+ PUMPED OUT, 2 K+ PUMPED IN RESTORING THE ORIGINAL DISTRIBUTION
STIMULI AFFECT LOCAL POTENTIALS
-RESTING POTENTIALS CHANGES OCCUR ON MEMBRANES OF DENDRITES
-CAUSE OF STIMULI : CHEMICALS, TEMP CHANGE, MECHANICAL FORCE
-IF MEMBRANE POTENTIAL BECOMES MORE NEGATIVE IT HAS HYPERPOLARIZED , MORE POSITIVE-DEPOLARIZED
-SUMMATION CAN LEAD TO THRESHOLD STIMULUS TAHT STARTS AN ACTION POTENTIAL
ACTION POTENTIAL
-SODIUM CHANNELS SENSITIVE TO VOLTAGE OPEN
-OCCURS AT TRIGGER ZONE
-SODIUM RUSHES INTO THE NEURON
-INSIDE BECOMES POSITIVE, OUTSIDE BECOMES NEGATIVE
-+30 mv
-MEMBRANE IS DEPOLARIZED
REPOLARIZATION
-POTASSIUM CHANNELS OPEN
-POTASSIUM DIFFUSES TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE MEMBRANE
-THE OUTSIDE BECOMES POSITIVE
-MEMBRANE IS REPOLARIZED
SYNAPASE
-SYNAPSE: NERVE IMPULSES PASS FROM NEURON TO NEURON
-PRESYNAPTIC NEURON: BRINGS THE IMPULSE TO THE SYNAPSE
POSTSYNAPTIC NEURON: IS AFFECTED BY THE IMPULSE

ALL OF THE ABOVE REPRESENT SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION
RESTING POTENTIAL IS RESTORED
-SODIUM IS PUMPED OUT OF THE NEURON
-POSTASSIUM MOVES INTO THE NEURON
SYNAPTIC POTENTIALS
-NEUROTRANSMITTERS BIND TO RECEPTORS AND CAUSE CHANGES IN LOCAL POTENTIALS ON POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE
-BINDING MAY OPEN OR CLOSE ION CHANNELS
-MAY HYPERPOLARIZE OR DEPOLARIZE THE MEMBRANE
OLIGO DENDROCYTES
-TYPE OF NEUROGLIAL CELL
-FORM MYELIN SHEATH IN THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD, PRODUCE NERVE GROWTH FACTOR
SYNAPTIC POTENTIALS
-NEUROTRANSMITTERS BIND TO RECEPTORS AND CAUSE CHANGES IN LOCAL POTENTIALS ON POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE
-BINDING MAY OPEN OR CLOSE ION CHANNELS
-MAY HYPERPOLARIZE OR DEPOLARIZE THE MEMBRANE
ASTROCYTES
-TYPE OF NEUROGLIAL CELL
-STAR SHAPED CELLS BETWEEN NEURONS AND BLOOD VESSELS
-FUNCTIONS: STRUCTURAL SUPPORT, FORMATION OF SCAR TISSUE, TRANSPORT OF SUBSTANCES BETWEEN BLOOD VESSELS AND NEURONS, COMMUNICATE W/ ONE ANOTHER AND WITH NEURONS, MOP UP EXCESS IONS AND NEUROTRANSMITTERS, INDUCE SYNAPSE FORMATION