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Histology of the CNS Flashcards

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Examples of Integrative Neurons

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  • Pyramidal cells
  • Interneurons
  • Purkinje cells
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Neuropil

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Dense network of interwoven nerve fibers, their branches and synapses, together with glial processes

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Central masses of gray matter:

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Ventral, dorsal, and lateral horns

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__ __ lies in the Central Commissure of gray matter

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Central Canal

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White matter consists of:

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  • Ascending tracts of sensory fibers
  • Descending motor tracts
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Motor neurons found in __ horn

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Ventral

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Sensory neurons found in ___ horn

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Dorsal

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Lateral corticospinal tract is associated with:

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Motor control

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Anterolateral system is associated with:

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Pain and temperature information

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Blood supply to UE and Thoracic part of Lateral Corticospinal Tract:

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Sulcal A (branch of Anterior Spinal A)

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Blood supply to LE part of Lateral Corticospinal Tract:

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Arterial Vasocorona (AVC)

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Blood supply to Anterolateral system:

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Arterial Vasocorona (AVC)

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Arterial Vasocorona (AVC)

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  • Vascular Plexus that is formed between the Posterior and Anterior Spinal Arteries
  • Formed around the posterior roots of the spinal nerves
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Blood supply to the Fasciculus Cuneatus and Fasciculus Gracilis:

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Posterior Spinal A (specifically the AVC)

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The brainstem is the passageway for __ and ___ fiber tracts

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Afferent and Efferent

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CN Nuclei in the Brainstem: Sensory fibers are ___ to motor fibers

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Lateral

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CN Nuclei in the Brainstem: Motor fibers are ___ to sensory fibers

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Medial

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CN that emerge from the Medulla:

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  • CN IX
  • CN X
  • CN XI
  • CN XII
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CN that emerge from the Pons:

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  • CN V
  • CN VI
  • CN VII
  • CN VIII
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CN that emerge from the Midbrain:

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  • CN III
  • CN IV
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CN that emerge outside of the brainstem:

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  • CN I
  • CN II
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Cranial Nerve Nuclei follow a __-____ pattern arising from the alar and basal plates

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Medial-Lateral

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Indication of brainstem problem

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Vertigo or diplopia PLUS weakness/sensory disturbance in limbs/face

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4 Structures that are found in the Paramedian Brainstem:

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(1) Motor pathway
(2) Medial Lemnisci
(3) Motor Nuclei
(4) Motor Longitudional Fasciculus

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4 CN Nuclei that lie in the Paramedian Brainstem:

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  • CN III
  • CN IV
  • CN VI
  • CN XII
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4 Structures that are found in the Lateral Brainstem:

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(1) Spinothalamic Pathway
(2) Sympathetic Pathway
(3) Sensory Nucleus of CN V
(4) Spinocerebellar Tract

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CN Nuclei found in the Midbrain:

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  • CN III
  • CN IV
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CN Nuclei found in the Pons:

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  • CN VI
  • CN VII (Superior Salivatory Nucelus, Motor Nucleus)
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CN Nuclei found in the Medulla:

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  • CN VII (Nucleus Solitarius)
  • CN VIII
  • CN IX
  • CN X
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Substantia Nigra

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  • Gray matter substance within the midbrain
  • Contains pigmented multipolar neurons
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Function of Substantia Nigra

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  • Connections with cortex, spinal cord, corpus striatum, and reticular formation
  • Role in fine control of motor function
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Characteristics of neurons in the Substantia Nigra

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  • Contain numerous membrane-bound granules of neuromelanin pigment
  • Neuromelanin contains dopamine which has inhibitory effects in brain areas dedicated to movement
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Parkinson’s Disease

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  • Clinical features: tremor, slow movement, rigidity
  • Results from degeneration of neurons in the substantia nigra (results in loss of dopamine)
  • Distinctive inclusions seen in remaining neurons – Lewy Bodies
  • Aggregates of alpha-synuclein and other proteins
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Neocortex consists of __ layers

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6

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What are the 6 layers of the Cerebral Cortex?

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Superficial (just under Pia Mater) –> Deep
(1) Molecular
(2) External Granular
(3) External Pyramidal
(4) Inner Granular
(5) Ganglionic
(6) Multiform (Polymorphic)

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Cerebral Cortex: Molecular Layer

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Contains large fibers and neuroglial cells

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Cerebral Cortex: External Granular Layer

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Contains small pyramidal cells and granule (stellate) cells

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Cerebral Cortex: External Pyramidal Layer

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Contains larger pyramidal cells with a typical pyramidal shape

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Cerebral Cortex: Inner Granular Layer

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Contains many small granule (stellate) cells

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Cerebral Cortex: Ganglionic Layer

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Contains extra-large pyramidal cells – called Betz Cells in motor areas like the motor cortex

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Cerebral Cortex: Multiform (Polymorphic) Layer

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Contains cells with a variety of shapes

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Alzheimer Disease

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  • Most common neurodegenerative disease
  • Incidence increases with age (avg age is 70+)
  • Etiology unknown – small portion has genetic association
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Symptoms of Alzheimer’s Disease

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  • Memory failure
  • Progressing steadily to involved motor skills, speech and sensation
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In Alzheimer’s Disease, there is thinning of the gyri, particularly those of the __ and __ lobes

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Frontal and Temporal

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Histology of Alzheimer’s Disease

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Amyloid Plaques, neurofibrillary tangles and neuronal loss are identified on sections

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Amyloid-Beta Plaques

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Amorphous, pink masses in the cortex

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Neurofibrillary Tangles

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Flame-shaped skeins formed by abnormal accumulation of tau (protein)

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What are the 3 layers of the Cerebellar Cortex?

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(1) Molecular
(2) Purkinje Cells
(3) Granular

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Cerebellar Cortex: Molecular Layer

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  • Outermost layer
  • Contains Neuropil and scattered neuronal cell bodies
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Cerebellar Cortex: Purkinje Cells

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  • Middle layer
  • Only one cell layer thick
  • Extend dendrites throughout the molecular layer as a branching basket of nerve fibers
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Cerebellar Cortex: Granular Layer

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  • Innermost layer
  • Contains various very small densely packed neurons (i.e granule cells) and little neuropil
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Cerebellar Cortex is organized into folia with the ___ ___ located deep

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Cerebellar Medulla
** not considered layer of cortex!

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Meninges

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  • Protect the CNS from the skull and vertebral column
  • Consists of Dura Mater, Arachnoid Mater, and Pia Mater
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Dura Mater

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Thick layer of connective tissue

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Arachnoid Mater

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  • Delicate sheet of connective tissue adjacent to the inner surface of the dura, covered with a thin squamous epithelial layer
  • Avascular (lacks nutritive capillaries), but blood vessels do run through it
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What structure extends from the Arachnoid Mater to the Pia Mater of the brain and SC?

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Arachnoid Trabeculae

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ARachnoid Villi

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  • Areas where arachnoid mater penetrates the dura mater and protrudes into dural venous sinuses
  • Covered by the vascular endothelial cells
  • Function as sites for absorption of CSF into the blood of the venous sinuses
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Pia Mater

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  • Lies directly on the surface of the brain and SC
  • Covered with thin squamous epithelial layer
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Astrocytes: Structure

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  • Contain a large number of long, branching processes
  • Proximal regions are reinforced with intermediate filaments made of Glial Fibrillary Acid Protein (GFAP)
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Astrocytes

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  • Form a vast network of delicate terminals contacting synapses and other structures
  • Terminal processes of a single astrocyte can associate with 1M+ synaptic sites
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TBlood Brain Barrier

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Protects CNS from electrolytes, hormones and metabolites in the blood

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What forms the Blood Brain Barrier?

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Tight Junctions between:
- Endothelial cells of continuous capillaries
- Astrocyte end foot processes with basal lamina of endothelial cells

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Function of Tight Junctions

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Eliminate gaps between endothelial cells and prevent simple diffusion to surrounding brain tissue

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Ependymal Cells

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  • Columnar or cuboidal cells that line the brain ventricles and the central canal of the spinal cord
  • Apical end may have cilia and long microvilli which facilitate movement of CSF and help with absorption
  • Joined apically by apical junctional complexes
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Do Ependymal Cells have a basal lamina?

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No

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Choroid Plexus: Location

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  • Roofs of the 3rd and 4th ventricles, and parts of the lateral ventricular walls
  • Completely fills ventricles, central canal of SC, subarachnoid and perivascular spaces
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Choroid Plexus: Structure

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Thin, elaborated folded layer of well-vascularized pia mater covered by cuboidal ependymal cells

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Function of Choroid Plexus

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Removes H2O from blood and releases it as CSF

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Function of Choroid Plexus

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Removes H2O from blood and releases it as CSF

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What is found in the Choroid Plexus?

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  • Contains very Na+, K+, and Cl- ions
  • Very little protein
  • Only cells include sparse lymphocytes
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Arachnoid Villi provide absorption pathway for ___ back into the venous circulation

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CSF

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Choroid Plexus

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  • Branching system of blood vessels which run in fronts composed of a fibrous core covered by cuboidal/columnar epithelium –> villous structure
  • Capillaries and vessels are large and have thin walls
  • Epithelial cells rest on a basal lamina
  • Long bulbous microvilli project from the epithelial cells
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What contributes to the blood-CSF barrier?

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Tight junctions (Zonula Occludens) between epithelial cells

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Circumventricular Organs

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  • Areas of the CNS that are not isolated from substances carried in the bloodstream
  • Function in sampling materials circulating in the blood that are normally excluded by the blood-brain barrier – convey information to CNS
  • Important in regulating body fluid homeostasis and controlling neurosecretory activity of the nervous system
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Circumventricular Organs

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  • Pineal Gland
  • Median Eminence
  • Area Postrema
  • Posterior lobe of Pituitary Gland
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Brain Lymphatic Drainage System is composed of:

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  • Basement membrane-based perivascular pathway
  • Brain-wide glymphatic pathway
  • CSF drainage routes
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Drainage route for ISF from brain tissue to nearby lymph nodes:

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(1) Helps maintain water and ion balance of the ISF, waste clearance and reabsorption of macromolecular solutes
(2) Communicates with immune system to modulate immune surveillance and responses of the brain

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Glial Cell: Oligodendrocyte
(1) Origin
(2) Location
(3) Main Functions

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(1) Neural tube
(2) CNS
(3) Meylin production, electrical insulation

  • Enwrap axons from multiple neurons
  • A single axon may be enwrapped by many oligodendrocytes
  • Histology: appear as small cells with rounded, condensed nuclei and unstained cytoplasm
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Glial Cell: Astrocyte
(1) Origin
(2) Location
(3) Main Functions

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(1) Neural Tube
(2) CNS
(3) Structural and metabolic support of neurons, especially at synapses; repair processes

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Glial Cell: Ependymal Cell
(1) Origin
(2) Location
(3) Main Functions

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(1) Neural Tube
(2) Line ventricles and central canal of CNS
(3) Aid in production and movement of CSF

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Glial Cell: Microglia
(1) Origin
(2) Location
(3) Main Functions

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(1) Bone marrow (monocytes)
(2) CNS
(3) Defense and immune-related activites

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Describe “Perikarya”

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  • Term used to describe the nucleus of a neuron
  • Euchromatic with a prominent nucleolus
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What is the functional classification of somatic neurons?

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  • Participate in the control of skeletal muscles
  • Relay motor (NOT SENSORY) information from the body
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Tiny structures located along dendrites that are functionally implicated in learning and memory:

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Dendritic Spines
- Create plasticity

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What glial cell is responsible for providing structural and metabolic support to ganglia throughout the body?

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Satellite Cells

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Pyramidal cells can best be visualized in which layer of the cerebrum?

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Ganglionic Layer

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Layers of Cerebellum from most superficial to deepest:

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(1) Molecular Layer
(2) Granular Layer
(3) Medulla

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What is unique about brain nuclei?

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They are pockets of gray matter structures buried in white matter

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Description of the word “cortex”

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The arrangement of neurons over the surface of the brain

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Sections of the spinal cord are wider/larger in the cervical and thoracic regions. What is the purpose of this change?

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They are wider in these regions because of the cervical and lumbar enlargements; the increased size is a result of larger amounts of gray and white matter needed to control the limbs

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What brain region/structure are Purkinje Cells found in?

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Cerebellar Cortex
- use their dendritic trees to gather information from synapses arising from parallel fibers and climbing fibers

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Neurons that utilize dopamine are particularly abundant in the:

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Substantia Nigra of the Midbrain

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Structure surrounding the bundle of axons in a peripheral nerve that forms a non-permeable barrier between the blood and the nerve:

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Perineurium
- composed of fibroblast-like cells that exhibit tight junctions between themselves; these junctions form a barrier to exchange of fluid between nervous tissue and surrounding tissues

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Most important function of Neurolemmocytes:

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Form myelin

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Location of Nodes of Ranvier:

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Between adjacent Neurolemmocytes in a peripheral nerve

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What are the only output neurons of the cerebellum?

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Purkinje Neurons

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