The Nervous System Study Guide, 21-22
Introduction
● List functions of the nervous system
● Know how the CNS and PNS differ and how each function
● Nervous system organization chart
● What is the difference between afferent and efferent? Sensory and motor?
Neuron anatomy - Know the parts of a neuron and their and functions
● Cell body
● Dendrites
● Axon
● Myelin sheath (and the effect of Multiple Sclerosis), Schwann
cells, Nodes of Ranvier
● Axon terminals
Action potentials, Neural synapses, and the effect of drugs ● Review the Phet neuron simulation worksheet
● Know the steps involved in an action potential and the graph
of an action potential - what is happening at each section of
the graph - what channels are opening/closing; movement of
sodium and potassium into/out of cell
● How are sodium and potassium involved in action potentials?
● Understand the anatomy of a synapse and how drugs can
affect the neural connections.
● Review the “Mouse Party” and how the drugs in the
simulation affect neurotransmission.
● What are neurotransmitters and how do neurotransmitters
affect neuron responses?
The Brain - Be familiar with the location and general function of the
following parts of the brain.
● Cerebrum (4 lobes: frontal, temporal, parietal, occipital)
● Cerebellum
● Diencephalon (thalamus, hypothalamus)
● Brainstem (midbrain, pons, medulla oblongata)
● Spinal Cord
Reflexes, senses, labs etc.
● The case of Phineas Gage and what we learned
● Reflex arc pathways and their parts
● Results of the neuromuscular reflex lab
● Eye anatomy and functions
● How light travels through the eye and how we see
● Senses lab - including blindspot, afterimages