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nervous tissue

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the ____ system along with the _____ helps to keep controlled conditions within limits that maintain helath and helps to maintain homeostasis   nervous, endocrine  
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nervous has 3 basic functions   - sensing changes with sensory receptors-interpreting and remembering those changes- reacting to those changes with effectors  
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a _____ is a bundle of hundreds or thousands of axons, each which courses along a defined path and serves a specific region of the body   nerve  
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spinal cord connects to the ____ through the _____ _____ of the skull and is encircled by the bones of the vertebral column   brain; foramen magnum  
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____ is located outside the brain and the spinal cord, are small masses of nervous tissue containing primarily cell bodies of neruons   ganglia  
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entric _____ help regulate the digestive system   plexuses  
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____ _____ are either parts of neruons or specialized cells that monitor changes in the internal or external enviroment   sensory receptors  
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the ____ function is to analyze the sensory info., store some aspects and make decisions reguarding appropriate behaviors. (association or interneurons serve this function)   integrative  
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the ____ function is to respone to stimului by initiating action   motor  
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CNS   brain/ spinal  
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PNS   -cranial/ spinal nerves (sensory & motor)-connects CNS to muscles, glands and all sensory receptors  
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motor neurons to skeletal muscles   somatic (voluntary) SNS  
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neurons from cutaneous and special sensory receptors to CNS   SNS  
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sensory neurons from visceral organs to CNS   autonomic (involuntary) nervous system  
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motor neurons to smooth and cardiac mucles and glands (symp/parasymp)   ANS  
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involuntary sensory and motor neruons control GI tract   enteric nervous system  
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______ neurons of the ENS monitor chemical changes within the GI tract and streching of its walls   sensory neruons  
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consists of neurons in enteric plexuses that extend the length of the GI tract   enteric nervous system  
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enteric motor neurons govern contraction of GI tract organs, and acticity of the GI tract endocrine cells   enteric motor neruons  
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functional unit of nervous system   neuron  
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capacity to pro. action potenial/ electical excitability   neruons  
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cell body contains nissl bodies(chromatin) what do they do   pro. rough ER and free ribosomes for protein synthesis  
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____ give cell shape and support   neruofilaments  
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___ move material inside cell   microtubules  
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cell processes=   dendrites and axons  
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___ are the recieving or input portions of a neuron (carry action potential toward soma)   dendrites  
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conducts nerve impules from the neuron to the dendrites or cell body of another neuron or to an efffect organ of the body (muscle or gland)   axon  
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typically short, highly branched and unmyelinated   dendrites  
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conduct impules away from cell body   axons  
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long, thin cylindrical process of cell   axon  
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in axons they arise where?   axon hillox  
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swollen tips called synapic end bulbs contain vesicles filled with   neurotransmitters  
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cell body is location for most   protein synthesis  
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slow axonal flow   movement in one direction only- away from cell body  
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fast axonal flow   moves organelles & materials along surface of microtubules; either direction  
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most neurons in body are   interneurons  
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sveral dendries and one axon- most common type of cell   multipolar  
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one main dendrite and one axon   bipolar  
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bipolar are found where   near retina, inner ear and olfactory  
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one process only (develops from a bipolar)   unipolar  
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unipolar are always   sensory neurons  
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transport sensory info from skin, muslces, joints, sense organs and viscera to CNS   sensory (afferent) neurons  
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send motor nerve impules to mucles and glands   motor (efferent) neurons  
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connect sensory to motor neurons- 90% of neurons in body   interneurons(association) neurons  
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half of the volume of the CNS/ smaller cells than neurons   neuroglial cells  
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these cells can divide- rapid mitosis in tumor formation (gliomas)   neuroglial cells  
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star- shaped cells/ form BBB by covering blood capillaries   astrocyte  
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metabolize neurotrasmitter/ reg. potassium balance/ provide structural support   Astrocytes  
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small cells found near blood vessels/ phagocytic role- clear away dead cells   microglia  
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form epithelial membrane lining cerebral cavities and central canal of spinal cord   ependymal cells  
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produce CSF   ependymal cells  
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derived from cells that also gave rise to macrophages and monocytes   microglia  
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support neurons in the PNS ganglia   satellite cells  
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flat cells surrounding neuronal cell boides in peripheral ganglia   satellite  
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most common glial cell type/ analogous to Schwann cells of PNS   Oligodendocytes  
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Each forms myelin sheath around more than one axons in CNS   Oligodendocytes  
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a multilayered lipid and protein covering called the myelin sheath   myelinination  
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produced by Schwann cells and oligodendocytes surrounds the axons of most neurons   myeliniation  
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cells encircling the PNS axons   Schwann cells  
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Each cell pro. part of myelin sheath surrounding an axon in the PNS   Schwann cell  
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all axons surround by a lipoprotein covering_____ produced by ______   myelin sheath, Schwann cells  
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jelly-roll like wrappings made of lipoprotein   myelin  
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Schwann cell _____&______ forms outermost layer of neurolemma with inner portion being the myelin sheath   cytoplasm and nucleus  
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_____ myeliniate axons in the CNS   oligodendocytes  
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white matter=   myelinated processes (white in color)  
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nerve cell bodies, dendrites, axon terminals, bundles of UNmyelinated axons and neuroglia   grey matter  
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spinal cord=   gray matter froms an H-shape inner core surrounded by white matter  
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thin outer shell of gray matter covers surface and is found in clusters called nuclei inside the CNS   brain  
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a ____ is a mass of nerve cell bodies and dendrites inside the CNS   nucleus  
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neurons are electically excitable due to the ____ difference across their membrane   voltage  
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communicate with two types of electrical signals:   1. action potention2. graded potential  
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potentials that can travel long dis.   action  
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potentials that are local membrane changes only   graded  
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in living cells, a flow of ions occurs though ____ _____ in the cell membrane   ion channels  
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_____ (nongated) channels are always open   leakage  
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in leakage cannels, membrane permeablility to ___ is high   K+  
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____ channels open and close in response to a stimulus- results in neuron excitability   gated  
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___ ____ channels respond to voltage changes, ligands(chemicals) and mechanical pressure   gated ion channels  
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_____ gated channels respond to a direct change in the membrane potential   voltage-gated channels  
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respond to a spefici chemical stiumulus   ligand gated channels  
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respond to mechianical vibration or pressure   mechanically gated ion channels  
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____ ions along inside of cell mem. and ___ ions along outside   neg/ postivie  
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potential enegry difference at rest is   -70  
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why does resting potential exist   concentration of ions different inside and outside  
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