Wednesday, February 16, 2011
ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
-series of organs and glands in the body that secrete chemical messenger
FEEDBACKS
negative and positive feedback
3 basic ways of endocrine organs
-neural control
-hormonal control
-humoral control
DISEASES
1.ANABOLIC STEROID
2.HASHIMOTO'S DISEASE
3.GRAVES DISEASE
4.PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA
5.ADDISON DISEASE
6.CUSHING SYNDROME
FEEDBACKS
negative and positive feedback
3 basic ways of endocrine organs
-neural control
-hormonal control
-humoral control
DISEASES
1.ANABOLIC STEROID
2.HASHIMOTO'S DISEASE
3.GRAVES DISEASE
4.PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA
5.ADDISON DISEASE
6.CUSHING SYNDROME
HORMONES
-chemical messenger released by endocrine glands
NEUROTRANSMITTERS
-travel in neurons
-synapse
-short lived
STEROIDS
-powerful hormones
-chemical messenger released by endocrine glands
NEUROTRANSMITTERS
-travel in neurons
-synapse
-short lived
STEROIDS
-powerful hormones
NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER
PARALYSIS:
SPASTIC
FLACCID
COMMON DISODERS
1.GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME-FORM OF NEUROPATHY
2.POLIO- ALCOHOLISM IS ONE F THE CAUSES
3.MYASHEMIA-ATTACKS AND DESTROY IMMUNE SYSTEM
4.BOTULISM-PARALYSIS CAUSED BY TOXIC SUBSTANCES
5.MENINGITIS- HAS TWO TYPES VIRAL AND BACTERIAL
6.SUBDURAL HEMATOMA
HUNTINGTON DISEASE
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
spinal cord
The spinal cord is a long, thin, tubular bundle of nervous tissue and support cells that extends from the brain (the medulla oblongata specifically). The brain and spinal cord together make up the central nervous system. The spinal cord begins at the Occipital bone and extends down to the space between the first and second lumbar vertebrae; it does not extend the entire length of the vertebral column. It is around 45 cm (18 in) in men and around 43 cm (17 in) long in women. Also, the spinal cord has a varying width, ranging from 1/2 inch thick in the cervical and lumbar regions to 1/4 inch thick in the thoracic area. The enclosing bony vertebral column protects the relatively shorter spinal cord. The spinal cord functions primarily in the transmission of neural signals between the brain and the rest of the body but also contains neural circuits that can independently control numerous reflexes and central pattern generator . The spinal cord has three major functions: A. Serve as a conduit for motor information, which travels down the spinal cord. B. Serve as a conduit for sensory information, which travels up the spinal cord. C. Serve as a center for coordinating certain reflexes
polarized cell and impulse conuction
polarized cell: cell at rest
deopolarized cell: more positive than resting
hyperpolarized cell: more negative than resting
impulse conduction is affected by the following:
1. presence of myelin sheath
2. diameter of the axon
which means that myelinated neurons travels much faster than unmyelinated
In non-myelinated axons, the nerve impulse is going to be produced when the action potential accross a membrane makes a wave of depolarization followed by a wave of repolarization. With the absence of the myelin, the impulse is transmitted continuously throughout the membrane.
In a non-myelinated nerve, once an end of the cell, the dendrite, is depolarized, the depolarization a.k.a., the action potential, moves along the nerve membrane, and the area of membrane immediately behind the depolarized section becomes repolarized.
deopolarized cell: more positive than resting
hyperpolarized cell: more negative than resting
impulse conduction is affected by the following:
1. presence of myelin sheath
2. diameter of the axon
which means that myelinated neurons travels much faster than unmyelinated
In non-myelinated axons, the nerve impulse is going to be produced when the action potential accross a membrane makes a wave of depolarization followed by a wave of repolarization. With the absence of the myelin, the impulse is transmitted continuously throughout the membrane.
In a non-myelinated nerve, once an end of the cell, the dendrite, is depolarized, the depolarization a.k.a., the action potential, moves along the nerve membrane, and the area of membrane immediately behind the depolarized section becomes repolarized.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
NERVOUS TISSUE
NERVOUS TISSUE HAVE NO EPITHELIUM. IT HAS TWO TYPES THE GLIAL CELLS AND THE NEURONS. GLIAL CELLS ARE FOR SUPPORT ALLOWING NERVOUS TISSUE TO PERFORM ITS FUNCTION.IT HAS 4 TYPES IN CNS NAMELY MICROGLIA, EPEMDYMAL, ASTROCYTES AND OLIGODENDROCYTE. IT ALSO HAS 2 TYPES IN PNS THE SCHWANN AND SATTELITE CELLS. NEURONS ON THE OTHER HANDIS THE CONTROL FUNCTION IT HAS 2 MAJOR PARTS THE DENDRITES AND THE AXON. THE GAP BETWEEN NEURONS AND RECEIVING CELL IS CALLED SYNAPSE.
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