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Which neuropeptide is classified as both excitatory and inhibitory?
Which neuropeptide is classified as both excitatory and inhibitory?
What type of neural circuit allows a single presynaptic neuron to influence multiple postsynaptic neurons simultaneously?
What type of neural circuit allows a single presynaptic neuron to influence multiple postsynaptic neurons simultaneously?
Which small-molecule neuropeptide is known for its roles in arousal, dreaming, and mood regulation?
Which small-molecule neuropeptide is known for its roles in arousal, dreaming, and mood regulation?
Which circuit type involves the first neuron stimulating the second, which in turn stimulates the third, creating a loop?
Which circuit type involves the first neuron stimulating the second, which in turn stimulates the third, creating a loop?
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What is the role of the axon in a neuron?
What is the role of the axon in a neuron?
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Which of the following neuropeptides is primarily involved in sensory reception and mood regulation?
Which of the following neuropeptides is primarily involved in sensory reception and mood regulation?
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Which part of the axon is involved in generating nerve impulses?
Which part of the axon is involved in generating nerve impulses?
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What characterizes a converging circuit in the nervous system?
What characterizes a converging circuit in the nervous system?
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What distinguishes fast axonal transport from slow axonal transport?
What distinguishes fast axonal transport from slow axonal transport?
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Which neurotransmitter is involved in vasodilation and has roles in memory and insulin release?
Which neurotransmitter is involved in vasodilation and has roles in memory and insulin release?
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What role does Glycine primarily serve in the central nervous system?
What role does Glycine primarily serve in the central nervous system?
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Which type of neuron has multiple dendrites and one axon?
Which type of neuron has multiple dendrites and one axon?
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What is the function of neurotransmitters?
What is the function of neurotransmitters?
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Which of the following correctly describes synaptic vesicles?
Which of the following correctly describes synaptic vesicles?
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What type of neurons are responsible for carrying action potentials away from the CNS?
What type of neurons are responsible for carrying action potentials away from the CNS?
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What characterizes unipolar neurons?
What characterizes unipolar neurons?
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What are the primary components of the spinal cord's white matter?
What are the primary components of the spinal cord's white matter?
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Which type of axons is found in the posterior root of a spinal nerve?
Which type of axons is found in the posterior root of a spinal nerve?
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What is the function of the epineurium in spinal nerves?
What is the function of the epineurium in spinal nerves?
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Which branch of spinal nerves primarily serves the muscles and structures of the upper and lower limbs?
Which branch of spinal nerves primarily serves the muscles and structures of the upper and lower limbs?
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What is a plexus in relation to spinal nerves?
What is a plexus in relation to spinal nerves?
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Which spinal nerves do not form plexuses?
Which spinal nerves do not form plexuses?
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What is the role of dermatomes in the nervous system?
What is the role of dermatomes in the nervous system?
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What is the composition of the endoneurium?
What is the composition of the endoneurium?
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Which myotome is responsible for elbow flexion and wrist extension?
Which myotome is responsible for elbow flexion and wrist extension?
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What action is associated with the C8 myotome?
What action is associated with the C8 myotome?
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Which muscles are innervated by the L5 myotome?
Which muscles are innervated by the L5 myotome?
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Which of the following muscles is NOT associated with the T1 myotome?
Which of the following muscles is NOT associated with the T1 myotome?
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What is the main function of the cervical plexus?
What is the main function of the cervical plexus?
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From which spinal nerves does the lumbar plexus originate?
From which spinal nerves does the lumbar plexus originate?
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Which of these actions is controlled by the S1 myotome?
Which of these actions is controlled by the S1 myotome?
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Which myotome is responsible for knee extension?
Which myotome is responsible for knee extension?
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What is the primary function of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)?
What is the primary function of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)?
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Which structure separates the two hemispheres of the cerebellum?
Which structure separates the two hemispheres of the cerebellum?
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Which of the following substances easily crosses the blood-brain barrier (BBB)?
Which of the following substances easily crosses the blood-brain barrier (BBB)?
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What primarily produces cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the brain?
What primarily produces cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the brain?
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What separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum?
What separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum?
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What is the main function of the substantia nigra in the midbrain?
What is the main function of the substantia nigra in the midbrain?
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Which structure is part of the reticular activating system (RAS) and is responsible for maintaining consciousness?
Which structure is part of the reticular activating system (RAS) and is responsible for maintaining consciousness?
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What role do the cerebellar hemispheres play in the cerebellum?
What role do the cerebellar hemispheres play in the cerebellum?
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Which of the following lobes of the cerebellum is specifically associated with equilibrium and balance?
Which of the following lobes of the cerebellum is specifically associated with equilibrium and balance?
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What percentage of the diencephalon is made up by the thalamus?
What percentage of the diencephalon is made up by the thalamus?
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What is one of the primary functions of the anterior nucleus of the thalamus?
What is one of the primary functions of the anterior nucleus of the thalamus?
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Which of the following accurately describes the role of the inferior cerebellar peduncle?
Which of the following accurately describes the role of the inferior cerebellar peduncle?
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Which part of the midbrain is primarily involved in auditory processing?
Which part of the midbrain is primarily involved in auditory processing?
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Study Notes
The Nervous System
- The nervous system is one of the 11 body systems
- It is complex and crucial for body function
- Neurology is the branch dealing with normal nervous system functioning and disorders
- Neurologists are physicians specializing in nervous system diagnoses and treatment
Nervous System Organization
- Central Nervous System (CNS): brain and spinal cord
- Peripheral Nervous System (PNS): cranial and spinal nerves.
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
- Sensory Division: conveys input from sensory receptors to the CNS
- Somatic senses (tactile, thermal, pain, proprioceptive sensations) and special senses (smell, taste, vision, hearing, equilibrium) provide information
- Motor Division: conveys output from the CNS to effectors (muscles and glands).
- This division has two parts:
- Somatic Nervous System (SNS): voluntary control of skeletal muscles
- Autonomic Nervous System (ANS): involuntary control of smooth muscles, cardiac muscle, and glands (sympathetic and parasympathetic)
Functions of the Nervous System
- Sensory function: monitoring internal and external changes
- Integrative function: processing sensory input and making decisions regarding responses
- Motor function: activating effectors to carry out the decisions
Nervous Tissue
- Two main cell types:
- Neurons: nerve cells that have electrical excitability
- Neuroglia: supporting cells
- Stimulus→action potential→nerve impulse
Neurons
- Cell Body (perikaryon/soma): contains nucleus and organelles.
- Dendrites: receive signals
- Axon: conducts impulses away from cell body
- Axon Hillock: where axon originates from the cell body
- Synapse: communication sites between neurons or between neuron and effector.
Neuron Transport Systems
- Slow axonal transport: moves materials 1-5mm per day (anterograde/forward)
- Fast axonal transport: moves materials 200-400mm per day (anterograde/forward & retrograde/retrograde)
Neuronal Classification
- Multipolar: many dendrites, one axon
- Bipolar: one dendrite, one axon
- Unipolar: fused dendrite and axon
Neuroglia
- Supporting cells in the nervous system
- Astrocytes: provide strength, create the blood-brain barrier, aid intercellular connections.
- Microglia: phagocytic cells (immune defense)
- Ependymal cells: produce cerebrospinal fluid
- Oligodendrocytes: form myelin sheath in CNS
- Schwann cells: form myelin sheath in PNS
Myelin Sheath
- Multilayered lipid and protein covering around some axons
- Speeds up impulse conduction
Nerve Fiber
- General term for neuronal extensions from the cell body
Nodes of Ranvier
- Gaps in myelin sheath
- Sites of action potential regeneration
Nerve Anatomy
- Cluster of neuron cell bodies: Ganglion (PNS) or Nucleus (CNS)
- Bundle of axons: Nerve (PNS) or Tract (CNS)
Gray Matter vs White Matter
- Gray matter: cell bodies, dendrites, axons, and neuroglia
- White matter: myelinated axons
Electrical Signals in Neurons
- Graded potentials: short-distance signals
- Action potentials: long-distance signals (nerve impulses)
Membrane Potential
- Difference in electrical charges across the membrane
- Resting membrane potential: inside is negative (-70mV)
- Graded potential: change in membrane potential
- Action potential: rapid, large change in membrane potential
Action Potentials
- All-or-none phenomenon
- Phases of action potential: depolarization, repolarization, hyperpolarization
Refractory Period
- Absolute refractory period: no second action potential possible
- Relative refractory period: a larger-than-normal stimulus needed to initiate a second action potential
Propagation of Action Potentials
- Continuous Conduction: in unmyelinated axons
- Saltatory Conduction: in myelinated axons
Synaptic transmission
- Electrical synapses: Direct current flow
- Chemical synapses: Release of neurotransmitters (e.g., acetylcholine, GABA, glutamate)
Synaptic Potentials
- Excitatory postsynaptic potential (EPSP)
- Inhibitory postsynaptic potential (IPSP)
Signal Transmission at Synapses
- Chemical Synapses: Neurotransmitters
- Electrical Synapses: direct current flow.
Removal of Neurotransmitters
- Diffusion, enzymatic degradation, uptake by cells
Summation of Postsynaptic Potentials
- Spatial summation: stimuli at different locations
- Temporal summation: stimuli at the same location over time
Types of Neurotransmitters
- Small-molecule neuropeptides (e.g., acetylcholine, amino acids, biogenic amines, ATP)
- Neuropeptides (3-40 amino acids)
Neural Circuits
- Simple series, diverging, converging, reverberating, parallel after-discharge.
Nervous Tissue Regeneration/Repair
- Plasticity (ability to adapt)
- Regeneration (capacity to replicate or repair damaged neurons), including neurogenesis (birth of new neurons)
- Chromatolysis, Wallerian degeneration, regeneration tubes
Spinal Cord Anatomy
- Vertebral column: surrounds and protects spinal cord
- Meninges: three connective tissue layers (dura mater, arachnoid mater, pia mater)
- CSF and subarachnoid space
Spinal Nerves
- Part of the PNS
- Formed by anterior and posterior roots
- Part of a neural reflex arc: sensory input to spinal cord → integration of signals → motor output to effector organ.
Reflexes
- Fast, involuntary, unplanned responses to specific stimuli
- Somatic spinal reflexes: involve skeletal muscles
- Autonomic reflexes: affect smooth muscles, cardiac muscles, glands
Stretch reflex, tendon reflex
Brain
- Primary brain vesicles: prosencephalon, mesencephalon, rhombencephalon.
- Secondary brain vesicles: diencephalon, mesencephalon, metencephalon, myelenecephalon
- Cerebrum, cerebellum, brainstem
- Four Ventricles (CSF)
- Protection: cranial meninges, CSF (Cerebrospinal Fluid)
Brain Stem
- Midbrain, Pons, Medulla Oblongata.
- Major Functions: Breathing, Heartbeat, Swallowing, Sneezing, Coughing etc
Diencephalon
- Thalamus, Hypothalamus, Epithalamus.
Cerebellum
- Coordinates movements
- Regulates posture and equilibrium
Spinal Cord Physiology.
- Sensory and Motor tracts (ascending and descending tracts)
- Reflex arcs (steps)
Cranial Nerves
- 12 pairs of nerves connecting the brain to the body
- Olfactory, Optic, Oculomotor, Trochlear, Trigeminal, Abducens, Facial, Vestibulocochlear, Glossopharyngeal, Vagus, Accessory, Hypoglossal.
Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
- Regulates involuntary functions.
- Two divisions: Sympathetic (fight or flight) and Parasympathetic (rest and digest).
Brain Organization of the Cerebral Cortex
- Sensory areas, motor areas, association areas.
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Test your knowledge on neuropeptides, neural circuits, and the functions of neurons in this comprehensive quiz. Explore key concepts such as the roles of various neuropeptides and the characteristics of different types of neural circuits. Perfect for students studying neuroscience or anyone interested in the workings of the nervous system.
