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Final Nervous System Review
23 cards·by kayleeallen27
what are the components of a reflex arc
Receptor, integration center, motor neuron or effector
what are the sympathetic and the parasympathetic divisions of
the autonomic nervous system
what does the sympathetic and parsympathetic enervate
organs gland and smooth muscles
where is cerebrosprinal fluid found
ventricles or spine
if you were to cut the ventral root of a spinal nerve what would the result be
result in no motor control
what is another name for a traveling action potential
nerve impulse
what is the significance of nodes of ranvier? where are they located?
speed up impulses, spaces between schwann cells
what are the spaces or gaps between neurons, what is their significance
synaptic cleft, this is where the neurotransmitters travel across
what type of neuron is not found in the PNS
association neurons
what portion of a neuron first recieves an impulse
answer
what is the essential difference between a sensation and a perception
a sensation is a feeling and perception is a concious awareness
what types of neurons transduce
sensory receptors
what doe an ependymal cell do? which type of category of nerve cell does it belong to?
they secrete cerebral spinal fluid, they are neuroglial cells
which part of a neuron carries impulses away from the perikaryon
the axon
in a neuron what occurs during the refractoroy period
repolarization happens, another impulse does not happen
where are the inferior colliculi and what do they do
found in corpa quadridgmina, they are an auditory reflex
what does the autonomic nervous system control
smooth muscle, glands, and organs
what does the CNS control
skeletal muscles
which part of the brain primarily controls the ANS
hypothalamus
which portion of the brain is the pituitary gland attached to
hypothalamus
which division of the nervous system is knows as the rest and response system
parasympathetic
which division of the nervous system prepares your body for action
sympathetic
in which part of the PNS are all impulses excitatory
somatic