Nervous System

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Sensory input

Back 1

To monitor changes occurring inside and outside the body

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Functions of nervous system

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Integration

Back 2

To process and interpret sensory input and decide if action is needed

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Functions of the nervous system

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Motor input

Back 3

1- a response to integrated stimuli

2- the response activates muscles or glands

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Functions of the nervous system

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Central nervous system

Back 4

1- brain

2- spinal cord

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Structural classification of the nervous system

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Peripheral nervous system

Back 5

Nerve outside the brain and spinal cord

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Structural classification of the nervous system

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Sensory (afferent) division

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Nerve fibres that carry information to the central nervous system

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Functional classification of the peripheral nervous system

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Motor (efferent) division

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Nerve fibres that carry impulses away from the central nervous system

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Functional classification of the peripheral nervous system

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Motor (efferent) division

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Somatic nervous system= voluntary

Autonomic nervous system= involuntary

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Subdivisions

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Front (Term)

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Ependymal cells

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CNS Neuroglia

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Front (Term)

Back 10

Oligodendrocytes

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CNS neuroglia

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Front (Term)

Back 11

Astrocytes

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CNS neuroglia

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Front (Term)

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Microglia

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CNS neuroglia

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Front (Term)

Back 13

Satellite cells

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PNS neuroglia

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Front (Term)

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Schwan cells

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PNS neuroglia

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Astrocytes

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Brace neurons

Form barrier between capillaries and neurons

Control the chemical environment of the brain

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Functions

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Microglia

Back 16

Spider-like phagocytes

Dispose of debris

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Functions

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Ependymal cells

Back 17

Line cavities of the brain and spinal cord

Circulate cerebrospinal fluid

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Functions

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Oligodendrocytes

Back 18

Produce myelin sheath around nerve fibres in the CNS

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functions

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Satellite cells

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Protect neuron cell bodies

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Functions

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Schwann cells

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Form myelin sheath in the PNS

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Functions

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Cell body

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Nucleus and metabolic centre of the cell

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Major regions of neurons

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Processes

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Fibres that extend from the cell body (dendrites and actions)

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Major regions of neurons

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Dendrites

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Conduct impulses toward the body (many)

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Extensions outside the cell body

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Axons

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Conduct impulses away from the cell body (only 1)

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Extensions outside the cell body

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Gray matter

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Cell bodies and unmylenated fibres

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Neuron cell body location CNS

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White matter

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Cell axons (generally mylenated)

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Neuron cell body location CNS

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Ganglia

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Collections of cell bodies outside the CNS

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Reflex arc

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Direct route from a sensory neuron, to an interneuron, to an effector

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The reflex arc

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Autonomic reflexes

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Smooth muscle regulation

Heart and blood pressure regulation

Regulation of glands

Digestive system regulation

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Types of reflexes and regulations

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Grey matter

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Outer layer of cerebrum

Composed mostly of neuron cell bodies

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White matter

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Inner layer of cerebrum

Fiver tracts (bundles of axon in the brain)

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Diencephalon

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Sits on top of the brain stem and is made of three parts

Thalamus

Hypothalamus

Epithalamus

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Made of three parts

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Thalamus

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Surrounds the third ventricle

The relay station for sensory impulses

Transfers impulses to the correct part of the cortex for localisation and interpretation

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It’s functions

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Hypothalamus

Back 34

Under the thalamus

Important autonomic nervous system centre

Helps regulate metabolism, water balance, body temperature

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Epithalamus

Back 35

Forms the roof of the third ventricle

Houses the pineal body (an endocrine gland)

Includes the choroid plexus- forms cerebrospinal fluid

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Brain stem

Back 36

Attaches spinal cord

Parts of the brain:

Midbrain, pons, medulla oblongata

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Midbrain

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Mostly composed of tracts of nerve fibres

Reflex centres for vision and hearing

Cerebral aqueduct

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Medulla oblongata

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Lowest part of brain stem

Merges into the spinal cord

Contains important control centres:

Heart rate, blood pressure, breathing, swallowing, vomiting

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Somatic reflexes

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Activation of skeletal muscles

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Types of reflexes and regulation

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Regions of the brain

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Cerebral hemispheres

Diencephalon

Brain stem

Cerebellum

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CDBC

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Surface lobes of the cerebrum

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Frontal

Parietal

Occipital

Temporal

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FPOT

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What are fissures?

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Deep grooves that decide the cerebrum into lobes

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Cerebrum

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Frontal lobe

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Thinking, memory, behaviour and movement, fine motor control

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Can’t believe you don’t remember

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Parietal lobe

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Language and touch

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Occipital lobe

Back 45

Sight, vision

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Temporal lobe

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Hearing, learning and feeling

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Layers of the cerebrum

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Grey matter

White matter

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Traumatic brain injuries

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Concussions

Alzheimer