Chapter 1 Flashcards
motor neuron of the spinal cord
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Unipolar or pseudounipolar neurons
DRG
Bipolar
cochlear and vestibular peripheral ganglia and olfactory and retinal receptor cells
Multipolar
autonomic ganglia and the enormous population of cells in the central nervous system
nil bodies absent in
are absent from the axon hillock
lipochrome
These granules apparently accumulate with age and are more evident during the advancing age of the organism.
axon of hillock
small part of the cell body that is devoid of Nissl substance
initial segment
short, narrow, and devoid of myelin
Lysosomes
found near nodes of Ranvier and accumulate rapidly during the degeneration of nerves after an injury.
resistant proteolipid artifact after tissue preparation
Neurokertain
Diameter of myelinated
1 to 20 Β΅m,
represent sites of synaptic contact by axon terminals from other neurons.
dendritic spines or gemules
Where can we see bipolar cells
retina of the eye, olfactory receptors, and the peripheral ganglia of the vestibulocochlear nerve (cranial nerve VIII).
axon-less neuron
amacrine cell
supporting cells between the neurons of the central nervous system
Astrocytes
Oligodendroglia
Ependymal cells
Microglia
ovoid, are centrally located, and stain poorly because they lack significant amounts of heterochromatin and have no nucleoli
Astrocytes
Astrocytes located primarily in the gray matter, where the cell bodies are found. Their function is not entirely clear, but they serve as a metabolic intermediary for nerve cells.
Protoplasmic astrocytes.
found in both gray and white matter. They usually are seen lying in rows among axons in the white matter.
ODG
They vary from cuboidal to columnar in shape and may possess cilia. Their cytoplasm contains mitochondria, a Golgi complex, and small granules. These cells are involved in the formation of cerebrospinal fluid
ependymal cells
When destructive lesions occur in the central nervous system, these cells enlarge and become mobile and phagocytic. Thus, they become the macrophages, or scavenger cells, of the central nervous system.
Microglia
Preganglionic sympathetic fibers less than 3 Β΅m in diameter a
designated as B fibers
The endothelial cells that make up epineurial vessels have cell junctions of this variety
open type
electric impulse is conducted via ion movement across an ionic destabilized cell membrane
unmyelinated
very important for recycling intraaxonal proteins and neurotransmitters and for the movement of extraneural substances from nerve endings to the neuron, providing a mechanism that allows trophic influences from end organs to have an effect on neurons
retrograde transport
microtubule-disrupting drugs prevent fast axonal transport
colchicine and vinblastine
provide the motive force to drive organelles along microtubules.
kinesin
fast retrograde transport.
dynein
interruption of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation causes the cessation of what transport
axoplasmic (ATP-limited)