Lecture 3: Histological Techniqye and Fine Structure Flashcards
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Gray Matter
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•Neurons
•Glia
2
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Cortex
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•first 1-2mm of the SURFACE of the CEBRAL HEMISPHERES
3
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Horns
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•Gray matter of the spinal cord
4
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Ganglia
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•collection of neuronal + glial cell bodies in PNS
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Nuclei
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•collection of neuronal + glial cell bodies in the CNS
6
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White Matter is organized into bundles called:
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1) Commissures
2) Peripheral Nerves
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Commissures
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•connect identical structures between each hemisphere
8
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Principal Commissures
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1) corpus callousness
2) anterior commissure
3) posterior commissure
9
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Histology
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= microscopic anatomy
•used to the described HEALTHY microscopic tissue
10
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Pathology
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•used to describe ABNORMAL histology
“the histology of unhealthy tissue”
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Biopsy
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•removal of tissue from the body
