AP Flashcards

3724278261	action potential	electrical signal conducted along axons by which information is conveyed from one place to another	0
3724278262	afferent neuron	neuron that conducts action potentials from the periphery toward the CNS	1
3724279770	anterograde	signals that travel "forward" (from cell body to axon terminal, or CNS to periphery)	2
3724279771	associational systems	neural cell circuits that are not part of the relatively defined sensory (input) and motor (output) systems;	3
3724279772	astrocyte	glial cell; regulates ionic milieu or nerve cells and, sometimes transmitter reuptake	4
3724281203	autonomic ganglia		5
3724281204	autonomic motor division (system)	regulation of smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, and glands	6
3724282743			7
3724282744	axon	neuronal process that carries the action potential from nerve cell to body to a target	8
3724282745	axon hillock	point at the cell body that is the site of an action potential's initiation	9
3724283893	central nervous system	brain and spinal cord	10
3724283894	chemical synapse	synapses that transmit information via secretion of chemical signals (NT)	11
3724285758	commissure	axon tracts that cross the midline of the brain	12
3724285759	convergence	innervation of a target cell by axons from more than one neuron.	13
3724285760	cortex	superficial mantle of gray matter covering cerebral hemispheres and cerebellum, where most neurons in the brain are located	14
3724285761	cranial nerve ganglia	sensory ganglia associated with cranial nerves; these correspond to the dorsal root ganglia of segmental nerves of the spinal cord	15
3724286522	dendrite	neuronal process arising from nerve cell body that receives synaptic input	16
3724286523	divergence	the branching of a single axon to innervate multiple target cells	17
3724286524	dorsal root ganglia	segmental sensory ganglia of spinal cord; firs order neurons of dorsal column	18
3724286525	efferent neuron	neuron or axon that conducts information away from the CNS toward periphery	19
3724287571	electrical synapse	synapses that transmit information via the direct flow of electrical current at gap junctions	20
3724287572	enteric system	influences gastric motility and secretion	21
3724290117	ganglion	collection of hundreds of thousands of neurons found outside the brain and spinal cord along the course of peripheral nerves	22
3724290118	gene	genetic information is carried by linear sequences of nucleotides in DNA that code for corresponding sequences of amino acids	23
3724290119	glia	support cells associated with neurons	24
3724290120	gray matter	area of CNS rich in neuronal cell bodies and neuropil	25
3724290137	interneuron	neuron whose relatively short axons branch locally to innervate other neurons	26
3724291473	local circuit neuron	neuron that mediates interactions between sensory systems and motor systems	27
3724292645	microglial cell	concerned with repairing damage following neural injury	28
3724294029	motor neuron	any nerve cell that innervates skeletal muscles	29
3724294031	myelin	multilaminated wrapping around many axons formed by olig or Schwann cells	30
3724295138	myotatic spinal reflex	generated by motor response to afferent sensory info arising from muscle spindles ("knee jerk reaction")	31
3724297656	nerve cell		32
3724297657	nerve		33
3724297658	neural circuit		34
3724297659	neural system		35
3724297660	neuroglia		36
3724299098	neuron		37
3724299099	neuropil		38
3724299100	neurotransmitter		39
3733707001	molecule		40
3733707002	receptor		41
3733707003	nucleus		42
3733708281	oligodendrocyte		43
3733708282	parasympathetic division		44
3733709613	peripheral nervous system		45
3733709800	positron emission tomography		46
3733711886	postsynaptic speicialization		47
3733711887	post synaptic terminal		48
3733713834	projection neuron		49
3733713835	receptive field		50
3733714123	receptor potential		51
3733715563	retrograde tracing		52
3733715564	Schwann cell		53
3733721929	sensory systems		54
3733721930	single-cell		55
3733723397	electrophysiological recording		56
3733723398	SPECT		57
3733724940	single-unit		58
3733724941	electrophysiological recording		59
3733726644	somatic motor division		60
3733726645	spinal cord		61
3733726646	sympathetic division		62
3733728099	synaptic cleft		63
3733728100	synaptic potential		64
3733728101	synaptic transmission		65
3733730475	synaptic vesicle tract		66
3733732054	visceral motor division		67
3733732055	white matter		68
3733750806	neuroscience		69
3733750807	cell theory		70
3733752578	diagram of neuron		71
3733754451	how are they specialized for communication		72
3733764631	technique to find boundaries between layers of the cortex		73
3733769014	technique to determine where the axons from nucleus X project		74
3733770959	technique to visualize neurons that make protein Y		75
3733775625	technique to examine detailed dendritic structure of neurons in region Z		76
3733780101	are the number of genes an accurate predictor of organism's complexity		77
3733781457	what did Golgi and Cajal disagree about		78
3733783277	types of glial cells and functions		79
3733783278	why are neurons more important		80
3733784792	difference between CNS and PNS		81