Module 5 Nervous tissue Part 2 Flashcards
To process and coordinate:
o sensory data from inside and outside of
body
Brain and spinal cord
To process and coordinate:
motor commands: control activities of
peripheral organs ex: skeletal muscles,
glands,etc
Brain and spinal cord
To process and coordinate:
higher functions of brain: intelligence,
memory, learning, emotion
Brain and spinal cord
Major region of CNS
- Cerebrum
- Cerebellum
- Spinal cord
Covered by 3 layers of connective tissue
Meninges
with very small amount of collagen
or fibrous tissue which make them delicate
and damaged easily due to injuries in the
cranial and vertebral bones that protects
them
Meninges
made by
regions of the nervous
system containing
groupings of myelinated
axons, composed of
capillaries, neuroglia,
nerve fibers
White matter
mainly
comprised of groups of
neuron cell bodies,
dendrites & synapses
(connections between
neurons)
Gray mater
membranes made up of connective
tissues that brain tissues from cranial bone
Meninges
3 layers of meninges
- Dura
- Arachnoid
- Pia matter
Composed of dense fibroelastic connective tissue
that continue to the periosteum of the cranial
bone
Dura matter
- All internal surface of dura mater and external or
spinal cord is surrounded by simple squamous
epithelium that originated from mesenchyme
Dura matter
- Subdural space separate dura mater from the
arachnoid
Dura matter
connective tissue sheet in contact with
dura mater and collagen and fibroblast arranged
loosely , with collagen and fibroblast
Arachnoid
Connective tissue in the …………..has no capillaries
to supply nutrients but it has larger blood vessels
Arachnoid
sponge-like cavity filled with
CSF, surrounds the trabeculae. It serve as cushion
that protect CNS from trauma
Subarachnoid
a CSF filled projection covered by
endothelial cells, serve as site for absorption of CSF into the blood
Arachnoid villi
Composed of flattened cells closely lined
in the surface of CNS tissue
Pia matter
It does not directly connect with the
nerve cells or fibers
Pia matter
Completely enveloped the Cerebral
arteries and veins travel in the
subarachnoid space
Pia matter
composed of capillary endothelial cells,
protects neuron and glia from toxins,
infectious agents and other substances
Blood brain barrier
– Composed of highly vascularized tissue with
prominent folds and villi projecting into 4
large ventricles of the brain
Choroid plexus
– Function is to remove water from blood and
release it as CSF
Choroid plexus
largest part of human brain
Cerebrum or cortex
associated w/ higher brain function: thought and action
Cerebrum or cortex
- involved in coordination of voluntary motor movement,
balance and equilibrium and muscle tone
Cerebellum or little brain
Layer of gray matter that
constitutes the outer layer of
the cerebrum and is responsible for
integrating sensory impulses and for higher
intellectual functions
Cerebral cortex
6 Layers of the cerebrum
- Molecular or plexiform layer
2.External granular layer
3.External pyramidal layer:
4.Internal granular layer:
5.Internal pyramidal layer or ganglionic layer (Betz cells)
6.Multiform layer:
- chiefly composed of cell processes.
Molecular or plexiform layer
- contains small pyramidal cells and numerous closely packed stellate cells
External granular layer
- Composed mainly of large pyramidal cells and some stellate cells
External pyramidal layer
: consists of closely packed stellate cells
Internal granular layer
- contains large pyramidal cells., stellate cells and Martinotti cells
Internal pyramidal layer or ganglionic layer (Betz cells)
contains neurons of many shapes.,pyramidal
cells, stellate cells and Martinotti cells
.Multiform layer
Cells of the Cerebral cortex
- Pyramidal cells
- Non pyramidal cells
cells of Non pyramidal cells
- stellate cells ( granular cells)
- Horizontal cells
- Martinotti cells
The most numerous neurons in the cerebral
cortex
Pyramidal cell
multipolar neuron, large vesicular nucleus
Pyramidal cell
one main apical dendrites that run
towards the most superficial part of the
cerebral cortex and some other smaller
dendrites
Pyramidal cell
arises from the center of base and
runs in the white mater
Axon
also called as granule cells
because of their small size
Stellate cells