Exam 4 Study Guide: Chapters 12-14, Lecture Guide Pages 235-292
Anatomy and Physiology 1
Dr. Surmacz
Exam Date: December 1, 2017
Chapter 12: Neural Tissue: Part 1, Pages 389-400
Nervous System Function
o Gains input from internal or external environment changes, sends
to be processed, and responds to that stimulus
Nervous System Organization
o 2 Main Divisions
Central Nervous System (CNS)
Brain and spinal cord
Integrating, processing and coordinating sensory data
and motor commands
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
Everything else
Nerves extending from spinal cord and/or brain
Sensory PNS
o Special
Sight
Hearing
Balance
Smell
Taste
o Visceral
Monitors internal organs
o Somatic
Monitors muscles, joints, and skin
surface (touch)
Motor PNS
o Somatic
Skeletal muscles
Voluntary
o Visceral
“Autonomic”
Heart, smooth muscles, glands, and
adipose
Involuntary
Sympathetic Motor PNS
Parasympathetic Motor PNS
Afferent Division
o Brings sensory information to the CNS fro
receptors in peripheral tissues and organs
Efferent Division
o Carries motor commands from the CNS to muscles,
glands, and adipose tissue
o 2 Divisions
Somatic NS
, Controls skeletal muscle
contractions
Voluntary contractions are under
conscious control
Involuntary contractions may be
simple, automatic response or
complex movements, but they are
controlled at the subconscious
level, outside your awareness
Autonomic NS
Regulates smooth muscle, cardiac
muscle, glandular secretions, and
adipose tissue subconsciously
Enteric Nervous System (ENS)
An extensive network of neurons and nerve networks in
the walls of the digestive tract
Cell Types
o Neurons
Cells specialized to conduct electrical signals
Lack centrioles
o Neuroglia
“Glia”
Support cells
Common site for tumors
Function
Protection
Support/framework
Regulate composition of extracellular fluid
o 6 Kinds of Neuroglia Cells
Astrocytes
Maintain blood brain barrier
Provide structural support
Regulate ion, nutrient, and dissolved gas
concentrations
Absorb and recycle
neurotransmitters
Form scar tissue after
injury
Ependymal Cells
Line ventricles and
central canal
Assist in producing,
circulating, and
monitoring
cerebrospinal fluid
Oligodendrocytes
Myelinate CNS axons
Provide structural framework
Microglia
, Remove cell debris, wastes, and pathogens by
phagocytosis
Satellite Cells
Surround neuron cell bodies in ganglia
Regulate oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients and
neurotransmitter levels around neurons in ganglia
Schwann Cells
Surround all axons in PNS
Responsible for myelination of peripheral axons
Participate in repair process after injury
General Features of a Neuron
o Properties
Extreme longevity
Can survive more than 100 years
Amitotic
Do NOT divide because they lose their centrioles
High metabolic rate
Use lots of oxygen
Can go up to 4 minutes without oxygen before
permanent damage occurs
o Parts
Soma
Nucleus, mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi
apparatus
RER = Nissl bodies
o Gives grey appearance
Well-developed cytoskeleton called neurofilaments and
neurotubules
Lacks centrioles so they don’t divide
Perikaryon
o The cytoplasm surrounding the nucleus
Dendrites
Receive signals
Slender and branched
Axon
Initiates electrical signals and conducts them away
from soma
2 Types
o Myelinated
Covered with the myelin sheath
o Non-myelinated
Naked
NO myelin sheath
Axoplasm
o The cytoplasm of the axon
Axolemma
o The plasma membrane of the axon
o Surrounds the axoplasm
Axonal (axoplasmic) transport
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