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        | functional connection between axon of a neuron and dendrite or cell body of another neuron or membrane of another cell type |  | 
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        | (efferent) message always runs in one direction; one-way conduction; Impulse travels from dendrite to cell body to axon |  | 
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        | (afferent) neurons that transmit impulses from receptors to the central nervous sytem |  | 
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        | (internuncial) neuron between a sensory and a motor neuron |  | 
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        | Sensory, integrative, and motor |  | Definition 
 
        | list 3 functions of the nervous system |  | 
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        | central nervous system; peripheral nervous system |  | Definition 
 
        | two main parts of the nervous sytem are: |  | 
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        | axon terminals of the first nerve, before the synapse |  | 
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        | dendrite of the second nerve |  | 
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        | neuroglial cells in the PNS; surround axon of a peripheral neuron; form neurilemma and myelin sheath |  | 
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        | star-shaped neuroglial cells of the CNS; provide structural support for nerve tissue |  | 
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        | occur in rows along nerve fibers; provide insulating myelin sheaths in CNS around axons, but do not form neurilemma (neuroglial cells) |  | 
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        | phagocytic cells of the CNS (neuroglial); eat bacteria and cellular debris |  | 
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        | cuboidal or columnar cells; may have cilia; lines ventricals and cavities of the brain and central canal of cord, forms choroid plexus. (neuroglial cells of the CNS) |  | 
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        | resting membrane potential |  | Definition 
 
        | the difference in electrical charge between the inside and the outside of an undisturbed nerve cell membrane |  | 
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        | least stimulus necessary to excite receptor; may be a combination of subthreshold impulses, i.e. summation - a second impulse arrives before the 1st one finishes, and the combination causes the threshold potential to be reached |  | 
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        | when threshold potential is reached, electrical changes cause the channels for sodium to open which causes depolarization (an action occurs) |  | 
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        | the weakest stimulus that will excite the receptor |  | 
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        | once depolarization happens, it will sweep through the whole nerve |  | 
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        | All or nothing response; Electrical Changes;
 Impulse speed depends on size of fibers (larger fibers = faster);
 absolute refractory period
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        | list 4 facts about conductivity |  | 
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        | EPSP - Excitatory postsynaptic potential |  | Definition 
 
        | How a nerve can become excited:  increase postsynaptic permeability to Na (an enormous amount of Na being avail. makes depolarization easier) |  | 
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        | IPSP - inhibitory postsynaptic potential |  | Definition 
 
        | how a nerve can be inhibited: make postsynaptic membrane more permeable to K and Cl (K moves out of cell, Cl moves in; inside of cell is very negative == hyperpolarized) |  | 
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        | Acetylcholine (Ach); Norepinephrine (NE); Epinephrine (E); Dopamine (DA) |  | Definition 
 
        | Name 4 chemicals that excite. |  | 
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        | glutamic acid and aspartic acid |  | Definition 
 
        | 2 amino acids that excite |  | 
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        | a chem. and two amino acids that inhibit |  | 
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        | 1)sensory neuron; 2)at the dorsal ganglion;
 3)the efferent axon enters the cord;
 4)synapses w/a dendrite;
 5)motor axon exits the ventral root
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        | is a nerve pathway consisting of sensory neurons |  | 
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        | removing CSF from the subarachnoid space of the meninges in the spinal cord |  | 
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        | anesthesia of the lower half of the body; caused by injury to the spinal cord or by injecting anesthesia (subarachnoid space) |  | 
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        | CSF collects in the ventricles of the brain due to blockage ("water on the brain"); head gets larger while brain gets smaller |  | 
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        | either of 2 ventricles on either side of hemisphere |  | 
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        | opening connects 3rd ventricle in diencephalon to lateral ventricle |  | 
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        | in midline of brain, beneath the corpus callosum |  | 
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        | in brainstem; just anterior to cerebellum |  | 
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        | Mass of specialized capillaries that secretes cerebrospinal fluid into a brain ventricle |  | 
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        | a narrow canal that connects 4th to the 3rd ventricle and passes lengthwise through the brainstem |  | 
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        | 1) lateral ventricles; 2) interventricular foramen;
 3) third ventricle;
 4) cerebral aqueduct;
 5) 4th ventricle;
 6) foramen;
 7) subarachnoid space;
 8) arachnoid granulations;
 9) blood filled dural space
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        | List the flow and formation of CSF |  | 
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