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Ch 6 Nervous System Part A and B Ch 6 Part A: Basic terms Cell types of Nervous Tissue Components of a neuron Components of a reflex arc Axonal regeneration Ohm’s Law Origin of resting membrane potential Equilibrium Potentials (Nernst potentials)
Important Terms (we’ll know these and many more as we move through Chapter 6 Cell Body (soma) Afferent Neuron Astrocyte = Astroglia Axon Terminal Myelin Dendrite Microglia Node of Ranvier Neurotransmitter Interneuron Schwann cell Axon with axon hillock Oligodendrocyte Synapse Ependymal cell Axonal pathfinding Efferent Neuron
Nervous tissue = Neurons (for electrical signalling) and Glial cells (for…..) 06.06.jpg Know relative numbers (neurons:glia) and various functions of CNS Glial cell types.
Membrane Potential & Structure make Neurons good Electrical Communicators ligand-gated ion channels in membranes of dendrites and soma…. Graded potentials }receiving Axon hillock “integrates.” Decremental conduction in dendrites and somatic membranes Unidirectional Non-decremental conduction in axons }sending voltage-gated ion channels in membrane of axon hillock and axon….. Action potentials
Lightly myelinated axon Fig. 06.02 Nodes of Ranvier ~1mm apart Not all axons are myelinated, although all axons are enveloped by Schwann cells in CNS or Oligodendrocytes in PNS What are the advantages of myelination? In PNS 06.02.jpg In CNS Lightly myelinated axon
Communication in The Vertebrate NS Reflexes require some part of the CNS (i.e. frog lab) Blood pressure Blood gases and pH Muscle stretch Skin temperature Hair movement Light Taste Odor Touch Pain Etc. Peripheral nerves are “mixed” (have sensory & motor axons) Signalling over short and long distances Dimensions of neurons
Descending neurons (interneurons) from brain to spinal cord Sensory (afferent) neurons from hoof to brain Nodes of Ranvier are 1 mm apart. How many Schwann cells to myelinate the 2 meters of a sensory axon from hoof to dorsal root ganglion near spinal cord?
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Axonal Transport Orthograde = Anterograde = from soma to terminals slow……1-2 mm/day fast …..200-400 mm/day (kinesin) Retrograde = from terminals to soma fast….200-400 mm/day (dynein) What gets transported and why? Axonal transport is too slow for rapid signalling, so…
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Alayna Davis October 1992 Age 5 October 1998 October 31, 1992
Regeneration in CNS?