Nervous Part 1 Flashcards
What are the membranous covering of brain and spinal cord?
Meninges
What are the 3 matters of the meninges?
Dura matter- Pachyeminx
Arachnoid
Pia matter
What is the outer most layer of the meninges and is very tough?
Dura matter
What is the middle layer of meninges?
Arachnoid
What is the inner most layer of meninges?
Pia matter
What has the function of producing brain/spinal cord and help in arachnoid layer?
CSF
WHAT DOES THE WHITE MATTER CONTAIN?
Myelinated axons, glial cells
What are located in grey matter?
Glial cells, neurons
White matter is peripheral in _________ _______
Central in ________
Spinal cord
Brain
Grey matter is peripheral in ______
Central in __________ ______
Brain
Speak cord
What do glial cells have and act as?
Cytoplasmic processes = glue
What cells line the lumen ventricles of brain and spinal cord?
Ependyma
What cells LACK a basement membrane?
Ependyma
What type of cells are actually characterized as gilia cells?
Ependyma
Neurons + glial cells = ____
Glue