Nerves and nervous system

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  • Created on: 02-11-13 01:00
Where do spinal nerves emerge from?
The intervertebral foramen
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What neurones are found in the dorsal root?
Afferent (sensory)
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What forms the dorsal root ganglion?
The perikarya of pseudounipolar afferent neurones
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What neurones are found in the ventral ramus?
Neurones supplying the ventral part of the body
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Where is the lateral horn found?
Spinal column of thoracic vertebrae
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What does the autonomic nervous system consist of?
Visceral motor system
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What does the sympathetic nervous system control?
Fight or flight response
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What does the visceral motor system innervate?
Smooth muscle, glands and cardiac muscle
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What are the layers (outside-in) of the spinal cord?
Periosteum, Epidural space, Dura mater, Subdural space, Arachnoid mater, Sub arachnoid space, Pia mater
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Which meningeal space is not normally present around the spinal cord?
The subdural space
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Which meningeal space contains the cerebral spinal fluid around the spinal cord?
Epidural space
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Where is the cerebral spinal fluid produced?
Choroid plexus
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What is a dermatome?
A ***** of skin innervated by a single spinal nerve
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What moves into the axon during an action potential?
Sodium ions
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What is the role of the potassium-sodium pump?
To restore the concentrations of the ions
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What is temporal summation?
Action potential achieved by multiple input from one neurone
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What increases the intensity of a stimulus?
The frequency of action potentials
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What causes neurotransmitter vesicles to fuse with the pre-synaptic membrane?
Influx of calcium ions
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Where is Acetyl Choline used?
Neuromuscular junction
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What closes voltage gated sodium channels?
Depolarisation of the membrane
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What is the resting potential of an axon?
-70mV
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