Connective tissue, blood and neurones

Question 1

What is a FIBROBLAST?

Answer 1

A cell that produces connective tissue proper

Question 2

What is CHONDROBLAST?

Answer 2

A cell that produces cartilage

Question 3

What is an OSTEOBLAST?

Answer 3

A cell that produce bone

Question 4

What is the FLUID MATRIX?

Answer 4

Plasma

Question 5

Name the 3 formed elements of the blood?

Answer 5

1. ERYTHROCYTES
2. LEUKOCYTES
3. PLATELETS

Question 6

Name an anucleate blood cell

Answer 6

Platelet

- anucleate immune cells that aggregate to start clotting

Question 7

What is an AFFERENT NEURON?

Answer 7

Conducts action potentials towards the CNS

Question 8

What is an EFFERENT neuron?

Answer 8

Conducts action potentials away from the CNS

Question 9

What forms the GREY MATTER?

Answer 9

SOMATA (cell bodies) and SYNAPSES

Question 10

What forms the WHITE MATTER?

Answer 10

Myelinated axons

Question 11

What is the role of the SUPPORT CELLS?

Answer 11

To support, insulate and protect the neurones. They do NOT conduct.

Question 12

What are SCHWANN CELLS?

Answer 12

Cells that support the peripheral nerves and form the MYELIN SHEATH

Question 13

What are GLIAL CELLS?

Answer 13

Support the neurones in the CNS

Question 14

What is the name of the macrophages in the brain and spinal cord?

Answer 14

MICROGLIA

Question 15

What is the name of the specialist cells that produce myelin around multiple neurons?

Answer 15

OLIGODENDROCYTES

Question 16

What type of cells helps to maintain the BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER?

Answer 16

ASTROCYTES