7.1 - Nervous system

Three basic functions of NERVOUS TISSUE

Ganglia: definition

Ganglia: location

Enteric plexuses: definition

Enteric plexuses: location

Sensory receptor: definition

somatic nervous system:
sensory neuron functions

somatic nervous system:
motor neuron functions

Autonomic nervous system:
Sensory neuron functions

Autonomic nervous system:
motor neuron functions

What are the 2 branches of the motor part of the ANS?

Sensory neurons of the ENS: functions

Enteric Nervous System: motor neuron functions

Peripheral Nervous System PNS:
function

Explain the electrical excitability of neurons

Stimulus: definition

Action potential (nerve impulse): definition

What generates an action potential?

Nissl bodies: definition

Ribosomes: function

Nissl bodies: function

Neurofibrils

Microtubules

Lipofuscin

Dendrites

Axon: function

Axon hillock

Initial segment

Axon contains:

Synapse

Slow axonal transport

Fast axonal transport

Fast axonal transport & disease

Unipolar neurons:
development

Unipolar neurons:
Dendrites function

Unipolar neurons:
cell body location

Sensory (afferent) neurons

Motor (efferent) neurons

Interneurons (association neurons)

Myelination: definition

Myelination: function

Neurolemma: location

Neurolemma: function

Location of cytoplasm & nucleus in schwann cells

Gray matter contains...

White matter contains...

Gray matter locations

White matter locations