CNS
brain/spinal cord
peripheral nervous system
all parts of the nervous system external to the brain and spinal cord
autonomic nervous system
involuntary, stimuli transmitted to cardiac and smooth muscle
Myelin Sheath
allows electrical impulses to transmit quickly and efficiently along the nerve cells
neurilemma
protects neuron and regenerates nerves
neuroglia
nerve glue, provide developmental, physiological, and metabolic support for neurons
nerve impulse
neurons are not connected, travels down the axon membrane as an electrical action potential to the axon terminal
spinal cord
2 main functions- conducts impulses to and from brain, reflex center
efferent nerves
motor transmitters that carry impulses from the central nervous stem out to the muscles and glands
afferent
sensory transmitters that sends impulses from receptors in the skin, muscles, and joints to the CNS
repolarization
is the re-establishment of a polarized state in the cell after depolarization
polarized
when inside of a cell is more negatively charged than the outside it is…
refractory period
is the time between the completion of the action potential and repolarization
somatic reflexes
are involuntary stimuli transmitted to skeletal muscles from neural arcs in the spinal cord
depolarized
is more positively charged on the inside than the outside
salutary conduction
an action potential that rapidly skips from node to node on myelinated neurons is experiencing…
3 special characteristics of a neuron cell
lives long, amitotic, high metabolic rate
astrocyte (CNS)
most abundant CNS
microglial (CNS)
change into macrophages-defenders, first to respond when something goes wrong in the brain
ependymal (CNS)
separate the CNS interstitial fluid and cerebrospinal fluid
oligodendrocytes (CNS)
myelinating cells of the central nervous system
satellite cells (PNS)
surrounds neuron cell bodies in PNS
Schwann cell
wraps PNS fibers to form myelin sheath
sympathetic
fight/flight
parasympathetic
rest/digest
sensory
somatic/visceral, afferent
motor
muscle/glands, efferent
Na+ and K+ closed
#5 - explain which ion channels are open or closed
trigger for Na+ to open
threshold - explain which ion channels are open or closed
Na+ open, K+ close
#2 - explain which ion channels are open or closed
Na+ close, K+ open
#3 - explain which ion channels are open or closed
K+ closing, Na+ reset
#4 - explain which ion channels are open or closed