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Nervous system coordinates all Sensory: Afferent and Motor: Efferent by Receiving,
interpreting and relaying.
Dendrites: convey impulses Toward the cell
Axons: conduct impulses Away from the cell
Myelin: white lipid material that covers axons, protects and insulates
White = myelinated
Gray = unmyelinated
Axons in PNS are Mye w Schwann cells, outermost layer is neurilemma
In CNS Mye are fromed by Oligodendrocytes and perm drainage occurs
Acetylcholine (ACh): found in skeletal neuromuscular junctions and ANS synapses.
Allows a nerve impulse to be transmitted
Acetylcholinesterase (AChE): breaks down Ach. Stops transmission
Dopamine: motor functions: Huntingtons Dx increase dopamine. Parkinsons Dx lack of
dopamine
CNS: Brain and spinal cord
PNS: Cranial and spinal nerves: Sensory-Afferent/Motor-Efferent
Motor/Efferent: SNS(voluntary and skeletal) and ANS(involuntary, resp and cardiac)
ANS: sympathetic and Parasympathetic
Cerebrum: Center of intellect, receives and interprets sensory information
Each hemisphere controls opposite, Left is dominant
Left Brain Damage: (aphasia) communication problems, slow and cautious
Right Brain Damage: spatial-perceptual deficits, quick, impulsive.
Dienephalon: Thalmus (relay between spinal cord/cerebrum) Hypothalamus (controls
body temp, appetite)
Cerebellum: coordination, posture and muscle tone. Right controls Right side.
Brainstem: Midbrain (visual/auditory), Pons (regulate resp), Medulla oblongata (regulate
VS, control swallowing coughing and vomit)
Meninges: cover the brain and spinal cord.