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central nervous system (CNS)
division of nervous system located within skull and spine

composed to 2 additional divisons: spinal cord and brain
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peripheral nervous system (PNS)
division of nevous system located outside skull and spine

composed of 2 additional divisons: domantic and autonomic nervous system
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somantic nervous system (SNS)
interacts with external environment
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afferent nerves-SNS
carry sensory signals from skin, skeletal muscles, joint, eyes to central nervous system
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efferent nerves-SNS
carry motor signals from central nervous system to skeletal mucsles
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autonomic nervous system (ANS)
regulates the body’s internal enviornment
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afferent nerves-ANS
carry sensory signals from internal organs to CNS
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efferent nerves-ANS
carry motor signals from CNS to internal organs
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sympathetic nerves
autonomic motor nerves that project from CNS in the lumbar (small of the back) and thoracic (chest area) regions of spinal cord
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parasympathetic nerves
autonomic motor nerves that project from the brain and sacral (lower back) region of spinal cord
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cranial nerves
most of the nerves of peripheral nervous system project from spinal cord, but there are 12 pairs of exceptions, which project from brain
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meninges
The brain and the spinal cord (CNS) are the most protected organs in the body. They are incased in bone and are covered by three protective membranes
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dura mater
outer meninx, tough membrane
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arachnoid membrane
inside dura matter, fine spider-web-like membrane
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subarachnoid space
beneath arachnoid membrane, containing many large blood vessels and cerebrospinal fluid
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pia matter
innermost meninx, which is delicated and adheres to the surface of the CNS
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cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
protects CNS

filled in the subarachnoid space, central canal, cerebral ventricles
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central canal
small central chanel that runs the lenght of spinal cord
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cerebral ventricles
four large internal chambers of the brain

two lateral ventricles, third ventricle, and fourth ventricle
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choroid plexuses
cerebrospinal fluid is produced by this, which are networks of capillaries or small blood vessels that protrude into the ventricles in pia matter
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blood-brain barrier
mechanism impedes passage of many toxis substances from blood into the brain
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neurons
cells thar are specilized for reception, conduction, and transmission of electrochemical signals
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neuron cell membrane
composed of a lipid bilayer (two layers of fat molecules) that contain numerous protein molecules that are the basis of many cell membrane’s functional properties

some membrane proteins are channel proteins through which certain molecules pass, while others are __*s*__ignal proteins that transfer signals to the inside of the neuron when particular molecules bind to them on the outside of the membrane
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multipolar neuron
neuron with more than two processes extending from its cell body
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unipolar neuron
neuron with one process extending from its cell body
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bipolar neuron
neuron with two processes extending from its cell body
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interneuron
neurons with either a short or no axon that integrates neural activity within single brain structure, not to conduct signals from one structure to another
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nuclei
clusters of cell bodies in CNS
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ganglia
clusters of cell bodies in PNS
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tracts
bundles of axons in CNS
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nerves
bundles of axons in periheral system
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cell membrane
semipermeable membrane that encloses neuron
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dendrites
short processes emanating from cell body, which receive most of the snaptic contacts from other neurons
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axon hillock
cone shaped region at the junction between axon and cell body
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axon
long-narrow process that projects from cell body
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myelin
fatty insulation around many axons
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nodes of ranvier
gaps between sections of myelin
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cell body
metabolic center of neuron

soma
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buttons
buttonlike endings of axon branches, which release chemical into stnapses
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synapses
gaps between adjacent neurons across which chemical signals are transmitted
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oligodendrocytes
glial cell with extensions that wrap around axons of some neurons of CNS
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schwann cells
similar to oligodendrocytes performed in PNS
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microglia
smaller than other glial cells and respond to injury or disease by multipyling, engulfing cellular debris or even entire cells, and triggering inflammatory responses
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astrocytes
largest glial cells shaped like star

extensions of some astrocytes cover the outer surface of blood vessels that course through brain, and making contact with neurons
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golgi stain
commonly used when the overall shape of neurons is of interest and provides a view of the silhouettes of the few nurons that make up the stain. isnt indicative of the number of neurons in the area
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nissl stain
often used to estimate the number of cell bodies in an area, by counting the number of nissl-stained dots
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electron microcopy
information about detaşks of neuronal structure
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neuroanatomical tracking techniques
consist of two types: anterograde (forward) tracing method and retrograde (backwards) tracking method
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anterograde tracking method
used when one wants to trace the path of axons projecting away from cell bodies located in particular area
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retrograde tracking method
used when one wants to trace the path of axons projecting into a particular area
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anterior - posterior
nose end - tail end
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dorsal - ventral
toward the surface of the back or top of the head - toward the surface of the chest or bottom of the head
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medial - lateral
toward the midline of the body - away from the midline toward to body’s external surface
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superior - inferior
refer to the top and bottom of primate head
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proximal - distal
close - far
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midsagittal section
a section cut down the center of the brain between two hemispheres
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cross section
a section cut at a right angle to any long- narrow structure such as spinal cord or nerve
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gray matter
spinal cord area, H-shaped

composed largely of cell bodies and unmyelinated interneurons
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white matter
spinal cord

composed largely of myelinated axons

glossy white sheen is a result of the myelin
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dorsal horns
two dorsal arms of the spinal gray matter
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ventral horns
two ventral arms of spinal gray matter
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spinal verves
attacked to the spinal cord, on the left and on the right at 31 different levels of spine each, 62 spinal nerves divide around the chord, and its axons are joined to the cord via dorsal and ventral root
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dorsal root
all axons, whether somantic or autonomic, are sensory (afferent) unipolar neurons with their cell bodies grouped together just outside the cord to form dorsal root ganglia

many of their synaptic terminals are in the dorsla horns of the spinal gray matter
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ventral root
neurons of this are motor (efferent) multipolar neurons with their cell bodies in the ventral horns

those that are part of the somatic nervous system project to skeletal muscles, while those a part of the autonomic nervous system project to ganglia, where they synapse on neurons that in turn, project to internal organs.
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myelencephalon
medulla, part of brain stem

composed largely of tracts carrying signals between the rest of the brain and body
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metencephalon
like the myelencephalon, houses may ascending and descending tracts and are part of reticular formation

two division: pons and cerebellum
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pons
brain stem’s ventral surface

including the regulation of breathing, sleep, taste, facial movements, hearing, balance, eye movements, and facial sensation.

serves as a bridge connecting different parts of the brain, including the cerebellum, cerebral cortex, and spinal cord, and is involved in relaying sensory and motor information between these structures.
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cerebellum
large, convoluted structure on brain stem’s dorsal surface

important sensorimotor structure; damage eliminates the ability to precisely control one’s movement and to adapt them to changing conditions
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mesencephalon
two divisions: tectum and tegmentum
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tectum
roof

dorsal surface of the midbrain

the posterior pair, the inferior colliculi, have auditory function. The anterior pair, the superior colliculi, have visual-motor function, specifically to direct the body’s orientation toward/away from a particular visual stimulus

in lower vertebrates, the function of the tectum is solely based on visual-motor functions
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tegmentum
ventral to the tectum

reticular formation and tracts of passage, also contains 3 colourful structure; periaqueductal gray, substantia nigra, and red nucleus
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periaqueductal gray
gray matter situated around the cerebral aqueduct, the duct containing the third and fourth ventricles
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substantia nigra and red nucleus
impoartan to the sensorimotor system
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diencephalon
composed of two structures; thalamus and hypothalamus
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thalamus
large, two-lobed structure that constitutes the top of the brain stem

one lobe sits on each side of the third ventricle, wich are both joined by massa intermedia which runs through the ventricle
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hypothalamus
located below the anterior thalamus

plays important role in regulation of several motivated behaviours; sleep, eat, sexual behaviour
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pituitary gland
it exerts its effect in part by regulating the release of hormons from it

which dangles from ventral surface of the brain

two structures appear on inferior surface of hypothalamus; optic chiasm and mammillary bodies
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optic chiasm
point at which optic nerves from each eye come together

an X shape is created become some of the axons of the optic nerve **decussate** (cross over to the other side of the brain) via the optic chiasm. The decussating fibers are said to be **contralateral** (projecting from one side of the body to the other), and the nondecussating fibers are said to be **ipsilateral** (staying on the same side of the body)
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mammillar bodies
pair of spherical nuclei located on inferior surface of hypothalamus just behind the pituitary
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telencephalon
the largest division of the human brain, mediates the brain’s most complex functions

it initiates voluntary movement, interprets sensory input, and mediates complex cognitive processes such as learning, speaking, etc.
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central fissure and lateral fissure
central fissure and lateral fissure
divide each hemisphere into four lobes; frontal lobe, pariental lobe, temporal lobe, occipital lobe
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fissures - sulci
large furrows in convoluted cortex - small one
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gyri
ridges between the fissures and sulci

large gyri are precentral gyri (frontal lobe), postcentral gyri (pariental lobe), superior temporal gyri (temporal lobe)
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neocortex
new cortex

six-layered cortex of relatively recent evolution
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longitudinal fissure
the cerebraş hemisphere are almost completed seperately by largest of the fissure
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corpus callosum
hemisphere are connected by few tracts spanning the longitudinal fissure
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columnar organization
neurons in a given vertical column of neocortex often form a mini-circuit that performs a single function
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hippocampus
one important area of cortex that is not neocortex

plays a major role in some kinds of memory, particular memory for spatial location
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limbic system
circuit of midline structure that circle the thalamus

involved in regulation of motivated behaviours, including four F’s of motivation: fleeing, feeding, fighting, and sexual behaviour
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basal ganglia
voluntary motor responses and decision making
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amygdala
involve in emotion, particulary fear
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membrane potential
difference in electrical charge between inside and outside of a cell
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microelectrodes
intracellular electrodes
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neuron’s resting potential
steady membrane potential of about -70 mV
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polarized
in its resting state, with the -70mV charge built up across its membrane, a neuron is said to be
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ions
salts in neural tissue sparate into positively and negatively charged particles
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ion channels
in resting neurons, there are more Na+ ions outside the cell than isnide, and more K+ ions inside than outside

this unequal distribution is maintained throught specilised porese
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electrostatic pressure
reason for substantial pressure on Na+ ions to enter the resting neurons

resting membrane potential

opposite charges attract, -70mV charge attract the positively charged Na+ ions into resting neurons
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random motion
reason for substantial pressure on Na+ ions to enter the resting neurons

Na+ ions to move down their concentration gradient

makes ions more liekly to move down their concetration gradient than up them, that is why Na+ will tend to enter