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Cell Types in the Nervous System Flashcards

1
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How many neurons are there in the human brain?

A

10^10 - 10^12

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2
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How many non-neuronal cells are there in the human brain?

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> 10^11

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3
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What are other names for glia?

A

Glial cell

Neuroglia

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4
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What are glia?

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Non-excitable support cells

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5
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What types of neurons are there?

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Unipolar 
Bipolar 
Multipolar 
Long axons (Golgi type 1)
Short axons (Golgi type 2)
No axons
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6
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What is an example of a unipolar neuron?

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Dorsal root ganglion

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7
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What is an example of a bipolar neuron?

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Retinal bipolar cells

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What is an example of a multipolar neuron?

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Motor neuron
Purkinje cell
Cerebellar granule cell
Pyramidal cells

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9
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What is the general structure of a neuron?

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Dendrite 
Cell body 
Axon 
Node of Ranvier 
Synaptic terminal 
Growth cone
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10
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What is special about a olefactory granule cell?

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Anaxonic (no axons)

Dendrodendritic synapses

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11
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What are the main types of glial cell?

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Macroglia
Microglia
Ependyma

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12
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Examples of macroglia

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Astrocytes
Oligodendrocytes
Schwann cells

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What is an astrocyte?

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Star shaped
Multiple, long processes
Forms the glia limitans

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14
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What do astrocytes enwrap?

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Blood vessels
Processes
Synapses

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15
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What are the types of astrocytes?

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Fibrous

Protoplasmic

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16
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What is a fibrous astrocyte?

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White matter

Many intermediate filaments

17
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What is a protoplasmic astrocyte?

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Grey matter
Shorter, stouter processes
Fewer intermediate filaments

18
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Examples of specialised astrocytes

A

Retinal Muller cells

Radial glia

19
Q

What is a retinal Muller cell?

A

Span the width of the retina

Columnar cell

20
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What is a radial glial cell?

A

Span from pia to Purkinje cell layer

Stem cells adult/developing brain

21
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Astrocytes role in spatial buffering

A

Active neurons release K+
Astrocytes are very K+ permeable and are a functional syncytium
Astrocytes span from synapse to blood vessel
Spatial buffering regulates [K+]o

22
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Muller cells in the retina?

A

Photoreceptors release K+
Muller cells take up K+
K+ reduced near the photoreceptors

23
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Astrocyte role in transmitter uptake

A

Uptake is an important inactivation mechanism
Glutamate into astrocytes, GABA
Glutamate converted into glutamine
Recycling to neurons

24
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Astrocyte role in glucose metabolism

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Glucose = main energy substrate
Neurons prefer 3-carbon
Astrocytes store most glycogen
Astrocytes span blood

25
Q

What are the processes on microglia like?

A

Short and spiky

26
Q

Where are microglia derived from?

A

Circulating monocytes

27
Q

Where are ependyma found?

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In the epithelial lining of ventricles and spinal canal

28
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What are the types of ependyma?

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Ependymocytes
Tanycytes
Choroid epithelial cells

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