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Chapter 12 - 14
Barker warroad high school anatomy
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Anatomy
11th Grade
02/01/2011

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afferent incoming, efferent - outgoing
Definition
consists of incoming pathways, consists of outgoing pathways
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somatic nervous system
Definition
carries info to skeletal muscles
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autonomic nervous system
Definition
carries info to smooth and cardiac muscles
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parasympathetic
sympathetic
Definition
name the 2 divisions of the autonomic nervous system
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astrocyte
schwann cell
microglia
ependymal cell
oligodendrocyte
Definition
2 types of gilia
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dendrite
Definition
part of neuron that conducts messages to the cell body
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axon
Definition
part of neuron that conducts messages away from the body
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multipolar
Definition
type of neuron that only one axon but several dendrites
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bipolar
Definition
type of neuron that has one axon and one dendrite
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unipolar
Definition
type of neuron that has one single process
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fascicle
Definition
bundles of nerve fibers
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epineurium
Definition
complete nerve is sounded by what type of connective tissue
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action potential
Definition
membrane potential of conducting an impulse
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electrical
chemical
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two types of synapses
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synaptic knob
synaptic cleft
postsynaptic neuron
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three structures that make up a synapse
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neurotransmitters
Definition
synaptic knob that has 10,000 sacs that contain what
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acetylcholine
Definition
excitatory for skeletal muscles
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amines
Definition
neurotransmitters that affects emotion and motor control
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glutamate
Definition
most common neurotransmitter in CNS
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neuropeptides
Definition
examples of this are endorphins and eukophalins which have pain relieving effects
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pons
medulla oblongata
midbrain
Definition
three parts that make up the brainstem
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cerebellum
Definition
produces skilled movements, controls posture
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consciousness, emotion, language
Definition
2 things that cerebral cortex does
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cerebrospinal fluid
Definition
liquid found in the spacing of the brain
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18
Definition
whens the brain fully developed
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