6th batch

Question 1

What forms the myelin sheath in the CNS and PNS?

Answer 1

PNS: Schwann
cells

CNS: oligodendrocytes

Question 2

What is the function of oligodendrocytes?

Answer 2

form Myelin sheaths

(Bc oligodendrocytes, and myelin sheaths look like lego pieces attached to the axon)

Question 3

What are the functions of astrocytes?

Answer 3

form: support for central nervous system (like astroboy, so support)

Help form: blood brain barrier (like astroboy)

secrete: neurotrophic factors

take up: k+ neurotransmitters

Question 4

What is the function of microglia?

Answer 4

(Modified immune cells) act as scavengers

(Bc microglia, so microbe, so they say to the microbe get outta hea)

Question 5

What is the function of ependymal cells?

Answer 5

create barriers between compartments (append something new)

source of neural stem cells. (append something where there was nothing)