Rpsgt Exam: Central Nervous System

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Sympathetic Nervous System

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division of autonomic nervous system that prepares the body for activity or to cope with a stressor "Fight or Flight"

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Parasympathetic Nervous System

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division of autonomic nervous system that oversees digestion, elimination, and glandular function, "Resting and Digesting"

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Peripheral Nervous System

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portion of system consisting of nerves and ganglia that lie outside the brain and spinal cord

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Histamine

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Promotes wakefulness in posterior hypothalamus

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Acidosis

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State of abnormally high hydrogen ion concentration in the extracellular fluid

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Alkalosis

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State of abnormally low hydrogen ion concentration in the extracellular fluid

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Central Nervous System

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Brain and Spinal Cord

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Spinal Cord

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Bundle of nervous tissue that runs from the brain to the 1st-3rd lumbar vertebrae and provides a conduction pathway to and from the brain

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Pons

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part of brainstem connecting the medulla with the midbrain, providing linkage between upper and lower levels of the CNS

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Lobes of the Brain

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Frontal
Cerebral
Parietal
Temporal
Occipital

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Neurotransmitter

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Chemical messenger released by neurons that may. upon binding to receptors of neurons or effector cells, stimulate or inhibit those neurons or effector cells

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Synapse

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Functional junction or point of close contact between two neurons or between a neuron and an effector cell

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Neuron

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cell of the nervous system specialized in generating or transmitting electrical signals (action and graded potentials)

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Sleep Spindles Result From:

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Blocking of information between the thalamus and cortex result from deactivation of the Reticular Activating System (RAS)

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Reticular Thalamic Nuclei

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promotes spindles and sleep preservation in the brain

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Alertness is linked to:

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Body Temperature

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3 Things the Circadian Rhythm Influences

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1) Body Temperature
2) Hormone levels
3) Potassium (K) levels

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Serotonin

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promotes wakefulness in ascending reticular activating system (RAS)

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Internal Clock

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Zeitgebers

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Dorsal Raphe Nucleus Discharge

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Slowly in NREM, absent in REM

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Controls Circadian Rhythm

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Superchiasmatic Nucleus (SCN)

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Pontine Saccade Generators

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Rapid Eye Movements

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PGO

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Pons
Occipital Cortex
Geniculate Nucleus of the Thalamus

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Lateral Geniculate Nucleus

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PGO waves
Cortex

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Acetycholine

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promotes wakefulness and REM (on cholinergic neurons)

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4 Things PGO Triggers

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1) Muscle Twitches
2) Eye Movements
3) Changes in respiration
4) Changes in HR

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Gateway Structure Between Body and Cerebral Cortex

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Thalamus

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Seizures occur most in what area of the brain?

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Temporal Lobe

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Lateral Tegmenteoreticular Tract

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responsible for muscle atonia

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Part of brain when stimulated produces sleep onset

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Nucleus Tractus Solitarius

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Pineal Gland

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Where melatonin is released

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Effectors

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Impulses sent via motor neurons to muscles

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2 Medications that Facilitate GABA

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Barbituates
Benzodiazepines

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Caffeine Blocks in the Anterior Hypothalamus:

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adenosine receptors

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The Anterior Hypothalamus Secretes

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GABA

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5 Anatomical Sites that Control NREM Sleep (BRAND)

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1) Basal Forebrain Area
2) Reticular Thalamic Nuclei
3) Anterior Hypothalamus
4) Nucleus Tractus Solitarius
5) Dorsal Raphe Nucleus

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Generator of Wakefulness

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Ascending reticular activation system