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The Nervous System: CNS
General anatomy of CNS and spinal Cord
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Physiology
Undergraduate 3
11/03/2010

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90% of the CNS is composed of?
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Glial Cells
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Glial Cell: Astrocyte
Definition
numerous Functions
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Glial Cell: Ependymal
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Lines cavities
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Glial Cell: Microglia
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protects CNS from foreign matter through phagocytes. Also it protects CNS from oxidative stress
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Glial Cell: Oligodendrocytes
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forms myelin
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Glial Cell: Schwann Cells
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form myelin
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Astrocytes
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development of neutral connection, modulate synaptic activities, and removes neurotransmitters from synaptic cleft.
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Astrocytes
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Communicate to neurons through chemical messengers, maintain normal electrolyte composition of ICF, and protects neurons aganist toxic substances/oxidative stress
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Cerebrospinal Fliud(CSF)
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secreted by ependymal cells of the choroid plexus which circulates to subarachnoid space and ventricle; reasorbed by arachnoid villi
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CSF: Funtions
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1) Cushions Brain
2) Maintain interstitial fluid environment
3) total volume 125-50mL(recycled 3times day)
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Blood supply
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1)CNS comprises 2% of body weight
2)High metabolic rate
3)Depends on blood flow for energy
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Stroke
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Caused by decreased blood supply
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Blood-Brain Barrier: Capillaries
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Sites of exchange between blood and interstitial fluid
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Blood-Brain Barrier
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Special anatomy of CNS capillaries which limits exchange
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White Matter: Projection Fiber
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Cerebral cortex with lower levels of brain or spinal cord
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White Matter: Association Fiber
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connect to areas of cerebral cortex on same side of brain
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White Matter: Commissural fibers
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Connects same cortical region on two sides of the brain
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White Matter: Corpus Callosum
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primary location of commissural fibers
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Dermatome
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Sensory region of skin, each served by spinal nerves
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Gray Matter: functional halves
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Dorsal: sensory functions
Ventral: motor functions
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White matter forms:
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tracts-ascending and decending
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Cerebellum
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1)Bilaterally symmetrical
2)Cortex and nuclei
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Cerebellum: Functions
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1)Motor coordination and balance
2)Coordination of eye and body movement
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mixed nerve:
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contain both afferent and efferent axon
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Ascending tract:
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transmit info from spinal cord to brain
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Descending tract:
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transmit info from brain to spinal cord
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Contralateral pathway-
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when a pathway crosses to the side opposite its origin
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Reflex:
Definition
Automatic patterned response to a stimulus
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