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, Ch5 : Nervous Communication -CNS-central NS

↳ peripheral nervous
system
Neurones

Typical Motor neur one structure Opendrites (dendron or dendrite)


They
ransmit electric impulses towards -
the cell
body .




-




They
-
have ribosomes
-



Mostly, unmyelinated.
②cellbody ③ Axon .




many mitochondria it's long
a
cytoplasmic projection
-
-




Nisslbodies
it transmits
:

-
electric
-


-



impulses y
special type of rER surrounded by
hom the cell
unmyelinated parts
rosettes of free ribosomes . body
of axo .
-
it hasNo ribosomes.
⑦ Nodes of Ranvier

mostly myelinated
--


↑ speed of conduction -




,

unmyelinated parts of axon
-



muscle
Sheath formed by
- -

⑤ by m
- -


TS/CS of axon covered
-




- motor end plate
/
neuromuscular Schwann Cells .




junction nucleus
axon
away insulation


by
v.S DenNites selectic
Axons
cytoplasm
myelin sheath sected
Axons transmit electric impolses away from
-



Schwann cell


well
body ,
while dendrites transmit electric
impulses towards
the cell body
-


Axon has no ribosomes , while dendrites have ribosomes

-
Axon is mostly myelinated, dendrites are mostly unmyelinated.
jeceptor


receptio
ing
s




central -




clenhon)
Reflex
-
Arc


/greymatter-white matter
long
-smostly
-


mmm .
- -




- - -




-




- -




-



greymatter White matter

fat-whitein Cr -
myelin is fat >
- white
.
N .
B
.




neurone-nervecell
nerve fibre = axon of a neurone

nerve-bundle of nerve fibres (axons

, Reo-Immediate
involuntary protective response that occurs attelet the spinal cord or the bane




painful
-
stimulus

S



Types of Reflex Actions
# According to Synapses (no -




-- to of reflex
(1) (203)
According cente
-
monosynaptic polysynaptic Spinal Reflexcranialreflex
.




(most common) (below the mandible of
-

Sensory neurone is centre =
unconscious area

connected to
Censy nemone is
spinal cord one brain
popillary reflex.
-




directly connected to centre =
ex
1 or more neurones which
relay ex knee reflex.
motor neuroe are connected to motrnewron




membrane Potential
Resting more let channels Nat channels
Nat
comembraneT permeable U+
to >

Def Difference bin inside f outside neurone utchannel
charges
the a
D-4 positive charges outside than inside
ereoutside -
Natchannel
Nata RMP -TOMV
↑159 inside outside
.



=
-
=

reacted
differ main intracellular
um



cate
s is
diff = c ↑ It
equilibrium
intracellular is+
gractive transport unon-quedcawele
a
·
main
main extracellular is Nat againstconc
of let channels ③ voltage gated channel,inactive/closed atrest)
E non-gatedChannesaarrier)
·
no of Nat channels = no




Def difference bth inside and outside the well AT REST.
: The the
charges

outside/Polarisea
> in
-


neurones RMP = -Lo MV (inside-outside) = more the


How is this reached ?
of rest
charges at

-
The membrane of a neurone is more permeable toltions as it has
Ut channels than Nat Channels
a
larger number of e facilitated
.




- so more let exits the cell than Nat entering [Diffusion down conc gradient]
-
The Nathtpump ACTIVELY more 3 Nat outside and adds only 24 + inside Cunfair
[Active transport against conc
gradient using energy]
This leads than inside .
to
charges outside the neurone
-
more the


[-ve membrane potential]
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