Summary: Nervous Tissue

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  • What is the afferent system?

    Sensory information, registers changes in the enviroment
  • What is the efferent system?

    Motor commands, gives commands to muscle for a reaction/movement
  • What are the 6 different morphologies of neurons?

    1. Cortical pyramidal cell
    2. Retinal bipolar cell
    3. Retinal ganglion cell
    4. Retinal amacrine cell
    5. Neurons in mesencephalic nucleus of cranial nerve V
    6. Cerebellar Purkinje cells
  • In which 2 ways do neurons communicate to eachother?

    1. Through chemical messengers (neurotransmitters) in the synapses
    2. Gap junctions (electrical synapses)
  • Where are chemical messengers found?

    In the axons, presynaptic, in vesicles (tiny sacs in the cell)
  • How and when are chemical messengers released?

    Via exocytose are the chemical messengers released. They are released after an electric stimulus
  • What is the result of the release of a chemical messenger?

    It results in the activation of neurotransmitter receptors that are on the postsynaptic membrane
  • How is the tube of the synaps calles?

    The telodendrion
  • How is the outside layer of the synaps called?

    The synaptic knob
  • Which 2 cell organels can be found in a synaps?

    1. Mitochondrion
    2. Endoplasmic reticulum
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