Glial Cells

Question 1

What glial cells are found in the CNS?

Answer 1

Astrocytes
Oligodendrocytes
Microglia
Ependymal cells

Question 2

What glial cells are found in the PNS?

Answer 2

Schwann cells
Satellite cells

Question 3

These cells maintain the extracellular environment, remove excess neurotransmitter, direct neural growth, and maintain the blood brain barrier

Answer 3

Astrocytes

Question 4

These cells maintain the extracellular environment, remove excess neurotransmitter, and direct neural growth in the PNS

Answer 4

Satellite cells

Question 5

These cells myelinate CNS neurons

Answer 5

Oligodendrocytes

Question 6

These cells myelinate PNS neurons

Answer 6

Schwann cells

Question 7

These cells are involved in immune activity and phagocytosis in the CNS

Answer 7

Microglia

Question 8

These cells create and circulate CSF

Answer 8

Ependymal cells

Question 9

What do astrocytes do to blood vessels in the brain?

Answer 9

Tighten cell junctions in the walls of the vessel to prevent substances from diffusing into the brain from the blood

Question 10

What structure in the ventricles of the brain is created by ependymal cells?

Answer 10

Choroid plexus

Question 11

This structure surrounds blood vessels in the ventricles of the brain to filter blood into CSF

Answer 11

Choroid plexus

Question 12

What differs oligodendrocytes from Schwann cells?

Answer 12

Oligos are in the CNS and have processes that myelinate multiple cells; Schwanns are in the PNS and only surround a portion of a single neuron axon