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Neuron (nerve cells)

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Excitable cells that initiate, transmit, and receive nerve impulses

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Neuroglia (glial cells)

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Nonexcitable cells that support and protect the neurons

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Structure of neuron: 3 parts

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1) Cell body
2) Dendrites
3) Axons

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Cell body

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  • Has organelles, keeps cells alive
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Dendrites

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  • Brings nerve impulses to cell body
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Axons

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  • Takes info away from cell body
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What is most common structural neuron?

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Multipolar

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Astrocyte location?
Function?

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  • CNS
    1) Feeds neurons
    2) Replaces DAMAGED neurons
    3) Forms blood-brain barrier (BBB)
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Ependymal cell location?
Function?

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-CNS
Makes and moves cerebral spinal fluid

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Microglial Cell location?
Function?

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  • CNS
    1) Pathogen defense
    2) Removes debris, dead/dying cells
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Oligodendrocyte location?
Function?

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  • CNS
  • Produces myelin - Insulates and speeds up electrical activity
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Satellite Cells

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PNS

  • Only in ganglia
  • Protect cell body
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Location of Schwann Cell (Neurolemmocyte)?
Function?

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  • PNS
  • Insulates and speeds up electrical activity (like oligodendrocyte)
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Grey Matter

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  • Functional parts of cells
  • Forms cortex and cerebral nuclei
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White matter

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  • Myelinated axons
  • Lies deep to gray matter of cortex
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Meninges

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  • CT that surrounds brain:
    1) Close and protects brain/blood vessels
    2) Contain and circulate cerebrospinal fluid
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Functions of cerebrospinal fluid

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1) Floats brain
2) Protection
3) Transport nutrients, removes wastes

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Function of blood-brain barrier

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  • Strictly regulates what substances can enter the interstitial fluids of brain
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Cerebrumm - Main function?

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All conscious thought processes

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What are tracts?

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Bundles of white matter

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Frontal Lobe

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Precentral gyrus - Voluntary motor control

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Parietal Lobe

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Postcentral gyrus - general somatic sensory functions

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Temporal Lobe

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Hearing and smell

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Occipital Lobe

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Anything to do with visual info

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Higher-Order Processing
-Lots of **_synapsing_** and **_"talking"_** w/different areas of brain in cerebrum
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Where is epithalamus? Main Function?
- **_Posterior_** to Thalamus - Secretes **_melatonin_** (regulates day-night cycles)
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Thalamus function?
- **_Final relay point_** for **_sensory info_** to be **_processed_** and **_sent to cerebral cortex_**
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Hypothalamus function?
1) Control autonomic system 2) Control endocrine system 3) Control emotions 4) Regulate body temperature 5) Hunger 6) Thirst 7) Works with epithalamus for sleep cycles
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Assocation tracts
Communicates within same hemisphere
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Commisural tracts
Communicates between two hemisphere (corpus callosum)
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Projection tracts
Connects cortex to rest of of brain
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Midbrain
- Most superior - Eye movement - Vision/hearing processing
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Pons
- Bulging region - **_Regulates breathing_** - **_Influences activity of respiratory center_** in medulla oblongata
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Medulla Oblongata
- Most caudal - Vital body functions( (heart rate, blood pressure, respiratory rate)
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Cerebellum main function?
- Communicates with cortex to fine-tune skeletal movement
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Vermis
- Splits the **_cerebellar hemispheres_**
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How long is spinal cord?
16-18 inches in length
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**_Cervical enlargement_** of spinal cord?
- Innervates upper limbs
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**_Lumbosacral**_ _**enlargement_** of spinal cord?
Innervates lower limbs
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What is the end of spinal cord called?
Conus Medullaris
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Where does the spinal cord end?
At L1-L2
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Cauda Equina
- Below conus medullaris - Axons projecting from spinal cord
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Filum Terminale
- Thin strand of pia mater that anchors cord to tail bone
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How many pairs of spinal cord?
31 pairs
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Denticulate Ligaments
- In pia mater, holds spinal cord in place laterally
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Anterior Horns
- Grey matter - Cell bodies of somatic motor neurons - **_innervates only skeletal muscles_**
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Where are lateral horns located?
- Mostly thoracic and upper lumbar
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Lateral horn functions?
- Part of the autonomic, sympathetic division - Innervates cardiac muscles, smooth muscles, and glands
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Posterior horns
- Has axons of **_sensory neurons**_ and _**cell bodies of interneurons_** - Sends info up to thalamus
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Gray Commisure
- Houses central canal
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What does anterior (ventral) roots carry?
- Motor axons only
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What does posterior (dorsal) roots carry?
- Sensory axons only
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What are dorsal root ganglion?
Cell bodies of sensory axons
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What is the parasympathetic division also called craniosacral outflow?
Bc **_preganglionic neurons_** housed in **_lateral gray divisions_** of **_S2-S4_**
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Why is the sympathetic division also called thoracolumbar outflow?
Bc preganglionic neurons are in **_lateral horns_** between **_T1-L2_**
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Preganglionic axons of sympathetic division carried by \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_?
- White rami communicantes
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Postganglionic sympathetic axons carried from sympathetic trunk carried by \_\_\_\_\_\_\_?
- Gray Rami Communicantes
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Chemoreceptors
-Detects molecules dissolved in fluid
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Photoreceptors
-Detect changes in light
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Mechanoreceptors
- Detects physical changes in receptors
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Baroreceptors
- Detects pressure in body (blood vessels)
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Nociceptors
- Detects tissue damage and pain
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What are the cranial nerves for gustatory info?
7 - Facial 9 - Glossopharyngeal
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Anatomical name for eyelids?
Palpebrae
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