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T or F: Sensory input gathers information and uses 1 receptor. |
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False, uses millions of receptors |
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During the integration function what does the nervous system do? |
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Proccesses and interprets sensory input and decides what should be done |
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What are effectors that are stimulated by motor output? |
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What is another name for sensory division? |
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T or F: The sensory division sends impulses to the CNS from sensory receptors |
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What are considered somatic sensory fibers? |
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skin, skeletal muscle joints |
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What are visceral sensory fibers |
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where does the motor division send impulses? |
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What division keeps the CNS constantly informed? |
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Also termed the efferent division. |
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Contains a sympathetic and parasympathetic division with opposing effects. |
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What regulates the activity of smooth muscle, cardiac muscle and glands? |
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What are the two principal types of cells in nervous tissue? |
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Which cell transmits electrical signals? |
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What cells wrap and surround neurons? |
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What are the differences between neuroglia and neurons? |
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Neuroglia are smaller and outnumber neurons |
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T or F: neuroglia make up about half of the mass of the brain |
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What are the most abundant and versatile type of neuroglia? |
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Astrocytes. Hint** Stars are very abundant in the sky. |
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Which neuroglia appear thorny? |
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What cell turns into a special kind of macrophage? |
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What is the purpose of a macrophage? |
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Can phagocytize debris and microorganisms |
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T or F: Ependymal cells are ciliated. |
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Where are ependymal cells located and what do the cilia allow them to do? |
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Line central cavities of brain and spinal cord. And cilia help circulate CSF |
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What do Oligodendrocytes produce? |
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Name the neuroglia cells of the CNS. |
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Oligodendrocytes, ependymal, microglial, astrocytes |
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Which neuroglia in the PNS is thought to have the same functions as astrocytes in the CNS? |
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What neuroglia in the PNS help form myelin sheath? |
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Can schwann cells regenerate nerves in the PNS? |
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what is the neuron cell body called? |
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What is the biosynthetic center of a neuron? |
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What is a cluster of cell bodies in the CNS? PNS? |
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What are bundles of neuron processes in the CNS? PNS? |
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What extends from the cell body? |
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What provide the neuron with an enormous surface area? |
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What part of the neuron that conducts impulses toward the neuron soma? |
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Generate nerve impulses and send them away from the soma |
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What is the role of the myelin sheath? |
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Protect and insulate the fibers |
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T or F: myelin slows transmission of nerve impulses |
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False: increases the speed |
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What is associated only with axons? |
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T or F: All axons are myelinated |
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What are gaps in the myelin sheath called? |
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Regions of the CNS with myelinated fibers are? |
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Gray matter contains mostly what? |
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cell bodies, nonmyelinated fibers |
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What has 3 or more processes? |
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What is the major type of neurons in the CNS? |
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What is a bipolar neuron? |
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Two processes. axon and dendrite |
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Where are bipolar neurons found? |
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What is another name for unipolar neurons? |
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What neuron transmits impulses from receptors in skin or organs to CNS? |
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Leakage/nongated channels are always..... |
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When do chemically gate/ligand channels open? |
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When the correct chemical binds |
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What channels open in response to changes in membrane potential? |
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Open and close in response to deformation of receptors? |
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Mechanically gated channels |
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During resting membrane potential or polarized state what is the voltage across the membrane? |
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What does depolarization increase the probability of? |
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During depolarization is the membrane more or less negative? |
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What does hyperpolarization reduce the probability of? |
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Is the membrane potential more or less negative than resting potential during hyperpolarization? |
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What is essential to initiate an action potential? |
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Give me three words to describe graded potentials. |
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short lived, localized, decremental |
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How is the charge lost during a membrane potential? |
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How is the strength of the graded potential determined? |
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However strong the stimulus is is how strong the graded potential is |
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T or F: Graded potentials act as signals over long distances. |
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T or F: Graded potentials act as signals over long distances. |
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What is the main way that neurons communicate? |
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Through action potentials |
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Only cells with excitable membranes can generate action potentials. What cells have excitable membranes? |
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What do action potentials do to the membrane? |
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briefly reverse the membrane potential |
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T or F: Action potentials decrease in strength over long distances. |
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False, their strength does not decrease. |
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What is the total amplitude change during an action potential? |
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What has to happen to the neuron for the action potential to be transmitted? |
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During resting state what ion channels are closed? |
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At rest is the activation gate opened or closed? |
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Closed, if it were open then the membrane wouldn't be at rest it would be activated |
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How many voltage sensitive gates does each Na channel have? |
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Is the inactivation gate closed or open at rest? |
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How many voltage sensitive gates does each K channel have? |
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Is K open or closed at rest? |
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What happens during depolarizing phase? |
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Na channel activation opens quickly
Na rushes in
influx of positive charge causes membrane to keep depolarizing and causes more activation gates to open |
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T or F: Depolarization is self generating |
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Does the inactivation gate close quickly or slowly? |
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Does K+ gate open quickly or slowly? |
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During repolarization what gate is the inactivation gate? |
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Why does Na+ stop flowing into the cell? |
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During repolarization the membrane passes 0 mV and becomes so positive that it cannot hold anymore Na |
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Why does Na+ stop flowing into the cell? |
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During repolarization the membrane passes 0 mV and becomes so positive that it cannot hold anymore Na |
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T or F: K gates are quick |
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For hyperpolarization does K permeability last longer or shorter? |
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Longer, this causes and excess amount of K+ |
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What is the all or none phenomenon? |
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It happens completely or not at all. |
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How far across the axon is an action potential sent? |
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What is absolute refractory period? |
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Period from opening of sodium channels to when they reset. |
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What is absolute refractory period? |
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Period from opening of sodium channels to when they reset. |
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What does the absolute refractory period ensure? |
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That each AP is separate and enforces one way transmission of AP |
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What happens during the relative refractory period? |
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Repolarization, this follows absolute refractory period |
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What does the rate of the action potential depend on? |
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axon diameter, degree of myelination |
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T or F: the larger the diameter of the axon the slower the AP will travel. |
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False, the faster it will travel |
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How many inputs are there in a diverging circuit? Ouputs? |
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Converging has how many inputs and outputs? |
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5 componets of reflex arc |
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receptor
sensory neuron
integration center
motor neuron
effector |
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What type of processing is necessary for higher mental functioning? |
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What does serial processing do? |
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reflexes, predictable all or nothing manner |
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