Nerve Tissues

Question 1

what are the 2 main cell types in nerve tissue

Answer 1

neurons - communicate info around the body

glial cells - provide support

Question 2

dendrites

Answer 2

‘receive’

form synapses with adjacent cells and relay info to cell body

Question 3

another name for glial cells

Answer 3

neuroglia

Question 4

ependymal cells

Answer 4

found lining spinal canal and fluid filled cavities of the brain

Question 5

astrocytes

Answer 5

highly branched, star shaped cells

Form the blood-brain barrier (regulates chemicals moving from blood to brain)

Question 6

microglia

Answer 6

small cells that transform into macrophages in response to damage

Question 7

oligodendrocytes

Answer 7

myelinate axons of the CNS

multiple oligodendrocytes required to myelinate one axon

Question 8

schwann cells

Answer 8

myelinate axons of the peripheral nervous system

Question 9

satellite cells

Answer 9

small flat cells that offer protection to cell bodies out with the CNS