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83 Cards in this Set
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The CNS is made up of |
The brain and spinal cord |
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The PNS is made up of |
Spinal nerves and ganglia, cranial nerves |
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The ANS (autonomic nervous system) can be broken into two parts which are? |
Sympathetic and Parasympathetic nervous system |
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The SNS (Somatic nervous system) Voluntary or involuntary? |
Voluntary |
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ANS (Autonomic nervous system) involuntary or voluntary |
Involuntary |
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Fight or flight is adrenergic or cholinergic? |
Adrenergic |
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Rest and restore is adrenergic or cholinergic? |
Cholinergic |
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Neurotransmitters bind to? |
Neuroreceptors |
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What diffuses across the synaptic cleft toward the postsynaptic membrane |
Neurotransmitters |
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What on the postsynaptic membrane bind to neurotransmitters |
Receptors |
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What are the 6 main neurotransmitters? |
1. Acetylcholine 2. Norepinephrine 3. Epinephrine 4. Dopamine 5. Serotonin 6. GABA |
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Acetylcholine parasympathetic or sympathetic? |
Parasympathetic |
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Norepinephrine parasympathetic or sympathetic?
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Sympathetic |
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Epinephrine parasympathetic or sympathetic?
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Sympathetic |
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Dopamine catecholamine or Adrenergic?
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catecholamine
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Serotonin Function
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Mood/memory/processing/sleep/cognition |
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GABA Function
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Inhibits muscle contraction (in NON-vertebrates: muscle relaxation/ posture/ proprioception) |
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Norepinephrine catecholamine or Adrenergic? |
catecholamine
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Epinephrine catecholamine or Adrenergic? |
catecholamine
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Norepinephrine excitatory or inhibitory? |
Excitatory |
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Epinephrine excitatory or inhibitory? |
Excitatory |
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Dopamine excitatory or inhibitory? |
both |
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Dopamine function? |
Reward/medication/pleasure/euphoria/preservation/fine tuning/compulsion |
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Acetylcholine excitatory or inhibitory?
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Both depending on where it is in the body |
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Acetylcholine Function
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Skeletal/muscle contraction/stimulation of sensory |
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Catecholamine can not pass the? |
Blood Brain Barrier |
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Repolarization |
Recharge |
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Depolarization |
Action |
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Excitatory does what? |
Stimulate, depolarization |
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Inhibitory does what? |
Inhibit, depolarization |
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Na+ intra or extra? |
Extra |
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K+ intra or extra? |
Intra |
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___Na+ for ___K+ |
3 Na+ for 2 K+ |
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Opoid receptors in CNS: |
Mu and Kappa |
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Adrenergic fight or flight/rest or restore? |
Fight or Flight |
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Chlornergic fight or flight/rest or restore? |
Rest or Restore |
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Adrenergic sympathetic or parasympathetic?
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Sympathetic |
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Adrenergic receptors (3)?
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1. Alpha 1(inhibitory) 2. Beta 1(stimulatory) 3. Beta 2 |
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Chlornergic sympathetic or parasympathetic?
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Parasympathetic |
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Chlornergic receptors (2)?
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1. Nicontinic 2. Muscarinic |
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2 types of cholinergic? |
1. Parasympathomimetic 2. Parasypatholytic |
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Parasympathomimetic blocks or stimulates?
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Stimulates |
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Parasypatholytic blocks or stimulates?
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Blocks |
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Gray matter vs White matter |
Gray: no sheath White: sheath (Olig.-CNS, Swhann-PNS) |
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Afferent sensory or motor? |
Sensory |
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Efferent sensory or motor? |
Motor |
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Afferent away or to? |
Away from area to CNS |
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Efferent away or to? |
To area from CNS |
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Dorsal aspect afferent or efferent? |
Afferent |
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Ventral aspect afferent or efferent? |
Efferent |
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The brain is composed of 3 parts? |
1. Cerebral hemispheres 2. Cerebellum 3. brain stem |
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Cerebral hemispheres 3 parts? |
1. Cortex 2. Medulla 3. Basal Nuclei |
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Cortex color?
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Gray |
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Medulla color? |
white |
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Basal Nuclei color? |
gray |
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Cortex function? |
Controls consciousness, motor area(contralateral), and sensory area |
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Nerve fibers connects _______ with other parts of the brain and spinal cord |
Cortex |
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Basal Nuclei function? |
Semi-voluntary complex movements (ie running) |
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Function of cerebellum? |
Fine tunes movements, coordinates the movements initiated by the cerebrum |
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3 brain stem sections |
1. Interbrain 2. Midbrain 3. Pons, medulla oblongata |
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3 parts of the interbrain |
1. Pituitary and pineal glands 2. Hypothalamus 3. Thalamus |
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Pituitary and pineal glands function
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biological clock, master endocrine gland, regulates other endocrine glands via hormones |
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Hypothalamus function
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Coordinates ANS (smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, body temp., thirst center, state of consciousness, hormone secretion) |
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Thalamus function
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Relay center (recieves impulses from other parts of the brain and spinal cord and sends them to the cerebral cortex) |
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Midbrain function |
Visual reflex center, auditory reflex center, CN nuclei and fiber tracts |
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Pons, and medulla oblongata fuction |
CN nuclei, reflex centers- vital functions |
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Gray H holds? |
Nerve cells |
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White matter connects? |
brain to spinal cord |
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CFS (cerebral spinal fluid) Function |
protects, regulates the autonomic functionsn maintains ph balance of brain |
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the 3 layers of meninges |
1. Dura mater 2. Anachoid and subarachoid space 3. Pia mater |
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what is the dura mater? |
tough, protective tissue, tightly bound to the skull |
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What is the Anachoid and subarachoid space? |
Web like strands of connective tissue, blood supplier |
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What is the pia mater? |
Delicate membrane on the floor of the subarachoid space, covers brain surface and blood vessels |
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The spinal meninges are? |
the dura mater, arachoid, and pia mater. same as the covering of the brain |
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BBB consists of? |
pia mater, capillary enothelium, and astrocytes |
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BBB is permeable to? |
water, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and small lipid soluble substances |
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Neurotransmitters diffuse across the ______ toward the post synaptic membrane |
Synaptic cleft |
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Receptors on the _________ membrane bind the neurotransmitter |
postsynaptic |
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What do excitatory neurotransmitters do? |
usually cause an influx of sodium so that the postsynaptic membrane moves toward the threshold |
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What do inhibitory neurotransmitters do? |
Move the charge with in the postsynaptic cell farther away from the threshold |
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What breaks down norepinephrine? |
(MAO) MonoAmine Oxidase |
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What breaks down acetylcholine? |
Acetylcholinesterase |
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What breaks down norepinephrine that is not reabsorbed? |
(COMT) Catechol-O-Methyl Transferase |