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WHAT IS THE COMPOSITION OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM?
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NEURAL TISSUE,CONNECTIVE TISSUE, BLOOD VESSELS,
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NAME TWO CELL TYPES OF NEURAL TISSUE.
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NEURONS AND NEUROGLIA
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WHAT IS A DENDRITE?
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BRANCHED NERVE PROCESS THAT SERVES AS THE RECEPTOR SURFACE OF A NEURON.
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WHAT IS AN AXON?
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CYLINDRICAL NERVE PROCESS THAT CARRIES IMPULSES AWAY FROM A NEURON CELL BODY
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WHAT IS A SYNAPSE?
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JUNCTION BETWEEN TWO NEURONS
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WHAT ARE THE TWO CELL TYPES OF NEURAL TISSUE?
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NERVE CELLS OR NEURONS AND NEUROGLIA
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WHAT ARE NERVE IMPULSES?
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BIOELECTIC SIGNALS
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DEFINE NEUROTRANSMITTERS
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BIOLOGICAL MESSENGER
MOLECULES |
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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF NEUROTRANSMITTERS?
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ACTUAL CONVEYORS OF NEURAL INFORMATION
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DEFINE CNS OR CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM.
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ORGAN GROUP INCLUDES BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD
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DEFINE PNS OR PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM.
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COMPOSED OF CRANIAL AND SPINAL NERVES THAT CONNECT THE CNS TO OTHER BODY PARTS
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NAME THE THREE FUNCTIONS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM.
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RECEIVE, DECIDE AND REACT TO STIMULI OR TERMED
SENSORY, INTEGRATIVE AND MOTOR ***CONDUCTION OF IMPULSES AND INTEGRATION OF ACTIVITIES OF PARTS OF THE BODY |
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WHERE ARE SENSORY RECEPTORS LOCATED?
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AT THE END OF PERIPHERAL NEURONS
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WHAT FUNCTION DO SENSORY RECEPTOR PROVIDE?
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RECEPTORS GATHER INFORMATION BY DETECTING CHANGES INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE BODY
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I,E, LIGHT AND SOUND INTENSITIES,TEMPERATURE, OXYGEN CONCENTRATION, & CONDITIONS OF INTERNAL BODY ENVIRONMENT
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DEFINE PREFIX ASTR.
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STARLIKE
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DEFINE PREFIX AX.
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AXLE
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DEFINE PREFIX BI.
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TWO
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DEFINE PREFIX DENDR.
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TREE
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DEFINE PREFIX EPENDYM.
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TUNIC
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DEFINE PREFIX LEMM.
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RIND OR PEEL
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DEFINE PREFIX MOTO.
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MOVING
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DEFINE PREFIX MULTI.
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MANY
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DEFINE PREFIX OLIGO.
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FEW
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DEFINE PREFIX PERI.
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ALL AROUND
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DEFINE PREFIX SALATOR.
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A DANCER
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DEFINE PREFIX SENS.
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FEELING
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DEFINE PREFIX SYN.
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TOGETHER
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DEFINE PREFIX UNI.
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ONE
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WHAT IS A STAR SHAPED NEUROGLIAL CELL?
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ASTROCYTE
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WHAT IS A NEURON WITH TWO PROCESSES EXTENDING FROM THE CELL BODY?
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BIPOLAR NEURON
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WHAT IS A NEUROGLIAL THAT LINE SPACES IN THE BRAIN AND THE SPINAL CORD?
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EPENDYMA
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WHAT IS A SHEATH THAT SURROUNDS THE MYELIN OF A NERVE CELL PROCESS?
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NEURILEMMA
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WHAT IS A NEURON THAT STIMULATES A MUSCLE TO CONTRACT OR A GLAND TO RELEASE SECRETION?
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MOTOR NEURON
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WHAT IS A NEURON WITH MANY PROCESSES EXTENDING FROM THE CELL BODY?
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MULTIPOLAR NEURON
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WHAT IS SMALL NEUROGLIAL CELL WITH FEW CELLUAR PROCESSES
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OLIGODENDROCYTE
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WHAT IS THE PORTION OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM THAT CONSISTS OF THE NERVES BRANCHING FROM THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD.
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PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
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WHAT IS A NERVE IMPULSE CONDUCTION IN WHICH THE IMPULSE SEEMS TO JUMP FROM NODE TO NODE ALONG THE NERVE FIBER.
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SALTATORY CONDUCTION
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WHAT IS A NEURON THAT CAN BE STIMULATED BY A SENSORY RECEPTOR AND CONDUCTS IMPULSES INTO THE BRAIN OR SPINAL CORD?
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SENSORY NEURON
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WHAT IS A JUNCTION BETWEEN TWO NEURONS?
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SYNAPSE
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WHAT IS A NEURON WITH ONLY ONE PROCESS EXTENDING FROM THE CELL BODY
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UNIPOLAR
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WHAT NERVES DO YOU FIND IN THE BRAIN?
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CRANIAL NERVES
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WHAT NERVES DO YOU FIND IN THE SPINAL CORD?
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SPINAL NERVES
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WHAT PARTS OF THE BODY DO YOU FIND IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM (CNS)?
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BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD
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WHAT PARTS OF THE BODY DO YOU FIND IN THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM (PNS)?
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CRANIAL AND SPINAL NERVES
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WHAT IS IN THE MOTOR DIVISION?
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SOMATIC NERVOUS SYSTEM AND AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
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WHAT IS IN THE SOMATIC NERVOUS SYSTEM?
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SKELETAL MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS
MOTOR PORTION OF PNS THAT OVERSEES CONSCIOUS (VOLUNTARY) ACTIVITIES |
OVERSEES CONSCIOUS (VOLUNTARY) ACTIVITIES
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WHAT IS IN THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM?
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SMOOTH MUSCLE
CARDIAC MUSCLE GLANDS |
CONTROLS VISCERA
SUBCONSCIOUS (INVOLUNTARY ACTION) |
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WHAT ARE NEURONS?
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NEURONS ARE THE STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL UNITS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM.
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DEFINE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM.
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CONTROLS VISCERA
MOTOR PORTION OF PNS OVERSEES SUBCONSCIOUS (INVOLUNTARY ACTION) |
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INTERNEURONS
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CONNECT NEURON TO NEURON
FOUND IN CNS MULTIPOLAR |
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TWO TYPES OF NERVOUS SYSTEM CELLS
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NEURONS: SPECIALIZED TO REACT TO PHYSCICAL ADN CHEMICAL CHANGES IN SURROUNDINGS
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MOTOR NEURONS
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MULTIPOLAR
CARRY IMPULSES AWAY OF CNS CARRY IMPULSES TO EFFECTORS LONG AXON AND SHORT DENDRITE |
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NEURON STRUCTURE
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DENDRITES: RECEIVE INFO FROM OTHER CELLS
AXONS: CARRY INFO AWAY FROM CELL BODY CELL BODY: CONTAINS NUCLEUS AND MITOCHONDRIA |
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SENSORY NEURONS
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AFFERENT:CARRY MESSAGE AWAY FROM BODY REGION TO CNS
* MOST UNIPOLAR, COME BIPOLAR *LONG DENDRITES AND SHORT AXONS |
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IMPULSE PROCESSING NEURON POOLS
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-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 |
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NEUROTRANSMITTER DISORDERS
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-ALZHEIMERS:DEFICIENT ACETYLCHOLINE
-CLINICAL DEPRESSIONS; NOREPINEPHRINE AND/OR SEROTIN -MYASTNEIA GRAVIS:DEFICIENT ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTORS -PARKINSONS:DOPAMINE |
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INHIBITORY POST SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL-IPSP
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-HYPERPOLARIZES MEMBRANE OF POSTSYNAPTIC NEURON
-ACTION POTENTIAL OF POSTSYNAPTICE NEURON BECOMES LESS LIKELY |
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EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL (EPSP)-
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-DEPOLARIZES MEMBRANES OF POST SYNAPTIC NEURONS
-ACTION POTENTIAL OF POSTSYNAPTIC NEURONS BECOMES MORE LIKELY |
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SUMMATION
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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 |
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MECHANISM OF A NERVE IMPULSE
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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 |
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STIMULI AFFECT LOCAL POTENTIALS
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-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 |
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ACTION POTENTIAL
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-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 |
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REPOLARIZATION
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-POTASSIUM CHANNELS OPEN
-POTASSIUM DIFFUSES TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE MEMBRANE -THE OUTSIDE BECOMES POSITIVE -MEMBRANE IS REPOLARIZED |
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SYNAPASE
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-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 |
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RESTING POTENTIAL IS RESTORED
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-SODIUM IS PUMPED OUT OF THE NEURON
-POSTASSIUM MOVES INTO THE NEURON |
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SYNAPTIC POTENTIALS
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-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 |
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OLIGO DENDROCYTES
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-TYPE OF NEUROGLIAL CELL
-FORM MYELIN SHEATH IN THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD, PRODUCE NERVE GROWTH FACTOR |
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SYNAPTIC POTENTIALS
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-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 |
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ASTROCYTES
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-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 |
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