Cells Of The Nervous System

Question 1

Layers I through IV are primarily _________ cells

Answer 1

Stellate

Question 2

Layers V and VI are primarily _________ cells

Answer 2

Pyramidal

Question 3

Types of glial cells

Answer 3

1) ependymal
2) microglia
3) astroglia
4) oligodendroglia
5) Schwann Cell

Question 4

Ependymal Cells

Answer 4

Make cerebrospinal fluid

Question 5

Microglia

Answer 5

Aid in cell repair and scavenge debris in nervous system

Question 6

Astroglia

Answer 6

Involved in nutrition and repair

Question 7

Oligodendroglia

Answer 7

Myelin in CNS

Question 8

Schwann Cells

Answer 8

Myelin in PNS

Question 9

Motor protein responsible for retrograde on a microtubule

Answer 9

Dunedin

Question 10

Motor protein responsible for anterograde on a microtubule

Answer 10

Kinesin

Question 11

Transgenic species

Answer 11

Genes from one species is implanted in another

Question 12

Knockout/in/down

Answer 12

Removal, adding, diluting a gene

Question 13

Chimeric animal

Answer 13

Mixing genes of two animals

Question 14

Cloning

Answer 14

Creation of identical animals

Question 15

Environment modification

Answer 15

Changing living conditions

Question 16

Types of epigenetics

Answer 16

Histone modification
DNA modification
mRNA modification

Question 17

Five types of neurons

Answer 17

1) pyramidal
2) stellate
3) Purkinje
4) motor
5) dorsal root ganglion