MSK 14 - Nerve-II

Question 1

What does white matter and grey matter typically consist of?

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Grey Matter - cell bodies, axons, dendrites, glial cells, and synapses

White Matter - myelinated axons, glial cells, vessels

Question 2

What part of the brain is the cerebral cortex? What does this region contain?

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The cerebral cortex is the most anterior brain region and consists of an outer zone of neural tissue called gray matter, which contains neuronal cell bodies arranged in layers.

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How many layers does the cerebral cortex have? Which of those layers contains pyramidal cells?

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6 layers

Layers 3 and 5 contrain pyramidal cells

Question 4

What does the inner layer of the cerebrum contain? What do these components do?

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Facts to know about the cerebellar cortex.

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Question 7

Label micrograph and say what type of tissue it is

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Cerebellar cortex

Question 8

Facts to know about the purkinje cells of the cerebellar cortex.

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Question 10

What components of the spinal cord is grey or white matter? What do each of these components contain?

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Question 12

What is neuropil and what does it contain?

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Question 13

How do alpha motor neurons appear in a light micrograph?

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Question 15

Which of the meningeal layers is innervated and/or vascularized?

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The dura mater is both vascular and innervated

The arachnoid mater is neither

The pia mater is vascularized

Question 16

What/Where is the choroid plexus? What is it composed of and what does it do?

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Question 18

Facts to know about the epineurium

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Question 19

Facts to know about the perineurium

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Question 20

Facts to know about the endoneurium

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Question 21

Differentiate nerve from tract.

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Question 22

Differentiate ganglia from nuclei.

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Question 23

Physically differentiate sensory ganglia from autonomic ganglia

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Sensory ganglia

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Autonomic ganglia

Question 26

Facts to know about the enteric nervous system.

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Question 28

In general, differentiate the CNS from PNS injury responses.

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Question 29

Facts to know about Wallerian Degeneration.

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Question 30

Facts to know about chromatolysis

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