Lab 9 Flashcards
Properties of Neuroglia that neurons don’t have
They don’t form/ don’t have synapses, can divide, less excitable
% of cells in CNS that are neuroglia
80-90
Microglia cells
Immune cells of CNS, clean up crew
Ependymal cells
Produce and circulate cerebral spinal fluid in spaces around brain/spinal cord
Oligodendrocytes
Produce myelin in CNS
Astrocytes
Support directly, provide physical barrier between cells, maintain ionic equilibrium of ECM, modify chemical environment of neighboring cells
Multipolar neuron
Dendrites coming directly off cell body, axon extending normally
Example: motor neuron
Bipolar neuron
Cell body in the middle and long extensions from either side reaching to the dendrites and axon
Example: olfactory and retinal
Unipolar neuron
Cell body is a central extension off a long axon. Axon has receptive and terminating Ends on either side.
Example: dorsal root ganglion cell
What is in the white matter of spinal cord
Myelinated axons
Somatic sensory neuron
Afferent,
Skin, fascia, joints, muscles
Visceral sensory neuron
Afferent
Internal organs
Autonomic motor neuron
Efferent
Involuntary nervous system
Smooth and cardiac muscle
Somatic motor neuron
Efferent
Voluntary skeletal muscles
Endoneurium
Connective tissues covering of a single neural axon in a nerve