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Hondros Bio 253 comprehensive exam 2 with 5 5 5 5 5 5 5




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1.Neurons (Chapter 18): Communicating Cells
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2.Cell body: -contains ribosomes, rough endoplasmic er, Golgi apparatu
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-Neurotransmitters are packaged into vesticles s 5 5 5 5



-provide proteins for nerve fibers
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3.Axon: - each neuron has 1 axon
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-carries impulses to target cells
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4.Axon Hillock: Integrates incoming signals
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5.Cytoskeleton: -microtubules of microfilaments, as well as neurofi
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neufilaments) of
-allows transport of small organelles
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6.Classifications of neurons: -Multipolar (motor are typically mult 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 ipola
Bipolar(rare, think of retina) 5 5 5
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Unipolar(pseudounipolar)(sensory are usually unipolar 5 5 5




7.Neurons have a limited capacity to repair themselves: -If the damage is not
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extensive, the cell body and the neurilemma are intact, and scarring has not
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occurred than nerve fibers can be repaired
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8.Stages of neuron repair: -after injury distal portion of the axon and myelin sheath
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degenerate
-Macrophages remove debris 5 5



-remaining neurilemma and endoneurium form a tunnel from the point of injury to
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the effector
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,-new Shawanna cells can grow in the tunnel to maintain a path of regrowth for the axon
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9.Glia: The supporting cells of the central nervous system / 5 typ
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,Astrocytes: -Starshaped, Largest and most numerous type of g
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-cell extensions connect to neurons and capillaries
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-transfers the nutrients from the blood to the neuron.
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-helps form and operate synapse
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Microglia: -small usually stationary cells 5 5 5 5



-phagocytes

12. Ependymal cells: -lined fluid filled cavities in the CNS
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-make and circulate Cerebrospinal fluid
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13.Oligodendrocytes: -smaller than astrocytes and have fewer pro 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 cesse
-hold the nerve fibers together
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-producer the myelin sheath 5 5 5




14.Neuroglia: Schwann Cells: -Found only in Peripheral neurons 5 5 5 5 5 5 5



-Supportive nerve fibers and form the myelin sheaths
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15.Myelin sheaths: -gaps between the segments and the Nodes of
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-Made is segments by glia cells
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16.oligodendrocytes: located in the CNS 5 5 5 5



17.Schwann Cells: Located in the PNS 5 5 5 5 5




18.central nervous system: -consists of the brain and spinal cord
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-structural and center of the entire nervous system
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-Main function is evaluation
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, 19. peripheral nervous system: Nerves that are the outlier of the b od
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-Cranial nerves originate from the brain
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-spinal nerves originate from the spinal cord
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20.Afferent Division: (sensory) brings signals into the CNS 5 5 5 5 5 5 5



-consist of all incoming pathways
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21.somatic sensory division: carries feedback information to the so tion matic
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center in the CNS.
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integra-
- these include the skin muscles and joints
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22.Efferent Division: (motor)- carries signals to the effectors outside the nervous
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system
Consist of all outgoing motor pathways
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-sympatric division 5 5



parasympathetic division 5



23.somatic motor division / ans: carries information to somatic effectors such as the
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skeletal muscles 5



- carries information to autonomic and visceral effectors like smooth and cardiac
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muscles , adipose tissue 5 5 5



24.interneurons: integrate signals 5 5




25.Reflex Arc: The path of which something is sensed and then th
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effect



26.Reflex arc path order: receptor -> afferent sensory neutron -> i
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