Ch 9.1 - neuroglia

Question 1

astrocyte

Answer 1

star-shaped connective tissue cell in the nervous system

Question 2

blood-brain barrier

Answer 2

selective mechanism that protects the brain from toxins and infections

Question 3

cerebrospinal

Answer 3

pertaining to the brain and spinal cord

Question 4

cerebrospinal fluid

Answer 4

fluid formed in the ventricles of the brain; surrounds the brain and spinal cord

Question 5

ependyma
ependymal (adj)

Answer 5

membrane lining the central canal of the spinal cord and the ventricles of the brain

Question 6

glia
glial

Answer 6

connective tissue that holds a structure together

Question 7

microglia

Answer 7

small nervous tissue cells that are phagocytes

Question 8

neuroglia

Answer 8

connective tissue golding nervous tissue together

Question 9

gray matter

Answer 9

regions of the CNS occupied by cell bodies and dendrites

Question 10

neurolemmocyte

Answer 10

connective tissue cell of the PNS that forms a myeline sheath

Question 11

oligodendrocyte

Answer 11

connective tissue cell of the CNS that forms a myelin sheath

Question 12

white matter

Answer 12

regions of the brain and spine occupied by bundles of axons