Nervous system

Nervous Cells

Know the difference between afferent and efferent

Know the different divisions of the nervous system

Know the part of the neuron and their function

Know the different types of neurons

Know the glial cells and their function

Know the different ion channels and what causes them to open

Know the important voltages discussed in class of the membranes as they relate to neurons

Know the relationship of Na+ and K+ as they relate to the membrane potential and their gates

Know the stages of the action potential and what is happening to the potential during each

Know the differences between the graded potential and the action potential

Know the different types of summation

Know the types of refractory period

Know the difference between saltatory and continuous conduction

Synapes and integration

Know the general structure of a synapse

Know how neurotransmitters communicate in the synapse

Know EPSP and IPSP

Know inhibition and excitation and the ions involved and what they do

Know the neurotransmitters and the type of neurons that they stimulate( cholinergic, muscarinic, etc.)

Know the different neurotransmitters and their classification

know the AA as excitatory or inhibitory

CNS

Know the diseases we talked about what are their causes and symptoms, Parkinson’s, Alzheimers’s, etc.

Know gray vs white matter

Know the fiber connections in the CNS

Know dermatomes

Know the lobes of the brain and what functions are found in them

Know the functions of the diencephalon, brainstem and cerebellum

Know the reflexes outlined in class

Know the tracts that were highlighted in class for motor and sensory

Know sleep, stages, functions

Know brain waves

Sensory

Know the receptor types

Know where the 1^st, 2^nd 3^rd order neurons are and go

Know referred pain

Know visual terms, accommodation, refractions, reflection, etc

Know the visual disorders

Know the control of the iris

Know the cells of the retina

Know the visual pathway

Know the different hair cells in the ear

Know the pathway of sound in the ear

Know your tastes and what causes them

Know the nerves of taste