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Nervous System Flashcards

1
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Rostral open end?

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Anterior neuropore

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Caudal open end?

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Posterior neuropore

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3
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Enlarged cranial portions

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brain

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4
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innermost layer (ventricular zone)

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Germinal layer

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5
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Middle layer. It will also be forming the gray matter of the nervous structures.

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Mantle layer/intermediate zone

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Outermost layer

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Marginal layer

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7
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Forebrain?

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Prosencephalon

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8
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Midbrain?

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Mesencephalon

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9
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Hindbrain?

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Rhombencephalon

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10
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Occupies the rostral part of the head?
- presents the anterior neuropore
- presents the infundibulum

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Prosencephalon

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11
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Posterior to and marked off from prosencehalon by a constriction

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Mesencephalon

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12
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Posterior to and marked off from mesencephalon by a constriction

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Rhombencephalon

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13
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How many neuromeres in rhombencephalon?

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11

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14
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Neuromeres are a sign of?

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Metamerism or segmentation

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15
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The 3 brain vesicle become 4 due to the division of rhombencephalon into?

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a. Metencephalon
b. Myelencephalon

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16
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By 55 hrs, _______ is completed in head region?

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Torsion

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17
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Pineal gland? has evaginated from mid-dorsal wall…

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Epiphysis

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18
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Telenecephalon:
Cavity of median portion?

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Median telocoele

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Telenecephalon:
Cavity of lateral portion?

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Lateral telocoele

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20
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Ganglion of 5th CN?

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Semilunar (Gasserian)

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21
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CN 7?

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Geniculate or Facial nerve

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22
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CN 8?

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Acoustic ganglion or vestibocochlear

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23
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CN 7 AND CN 8 ARE?

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Auditory Vesicle

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24
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CN 9?

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Superior ganglion

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25
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CN 10?

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Jugular or vagus nerve

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26
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Adult brain structure of: Telencephalon?

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Cerebrum

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27
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Adult brain structure of: Diencephalon?

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Thalamus, hypothalamus, retina

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28
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Adult brain structure of: Mesencephalon?

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Brain stem: Midbrain

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29
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Adult brain structure of: Metencephalon?

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Cerebellum
Brain stem: Pons

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30
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Adult brain structure of: Myelencephalon?

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Spinal cord
Brain stem: medulla oblongata

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31
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Largest region of the brain?

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Cerebrum

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32
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Cortex (gray matter)
Most superficial layer; few neurons and predominantly
unmyelinated fibers.

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Molecular layer

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33
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Cortex (gray matter)
many small pyramidal neurons, which give it a
granular appearance.

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Outer granular layer

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34
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small and medium pyramidal neurons that send
axons to adjacent cerebral cortex.

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Outer pyramidal layer

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35
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many stellate or star-shaped neurons that receive
specific sensory impulses.

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Inner granular layer

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36
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medium to large pyramidal neurons, stellate neurons
and granule neurons.

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Inner pyramidal layer

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37
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lies next to the white matter (medulla);
predominantly spindle-shaped neurons.

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Fusiform or polymorphic cell layer

38
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IN BRAIN: LOCATION OF GRAY MATTER?

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Outer portion

39
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IN BRAIN: LOCATION OF WHITE MATTER?

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Inner portion

40
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A pale staining outer molecular layer (unmyelinated nerve fibers + few small neurons)

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Outer molecular layer

41
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located at the middle (multipolar neuron)

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Purkinje (piriform) cell layer

42
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made up of closely packed basophilic small neurons called granule cells

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Inner granule cell layer

43
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large multipolar neurons with several dendrites that project into the outer molecular layer and a single axon that extends into into the white matter

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Purkinje cells

44
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A complex tubular structure that secretes cerebrospinal fluid.

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choroid plexus

45
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a clear colorless ultrafiltrate of blood that fills the brain ventricles

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cerebrospinal fluid

46
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tubular organ with a thick wall and a tiny central lumen, covered by meninges around them

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Spinal cord

47
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Arising from the wall of spinal cord

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Spinal ganglion

48
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Spinal cord: Gray matter location?

49
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Spinal cord: White matter location?

50
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Pathway for sensory (afferent) nerve fibers

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Dorsal root

51
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Pathway for motor (afferent) nerve fibers

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Ventral root

52
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It causes the color in white matter

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Myelin (lipid)

53
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c.t. membranes that encapsulate the the brain and spinal cord

54
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Simple squamous epithelium in pia mater

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Ependymal cells

55
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Axons are covered by myelin sheath formed by?

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Schwann cell

56
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It conducts impulses from the receptor organs to CNS

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Sensory or afferent neurons

57
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conduct impulses to target organs

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Motor or efferent neurons

58
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transfer sensory impulses from sensory neurons to efferent neurons

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Association neurons or interneurons

59
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ovoid mass formed by nerve cell bodies outside the cns.

60
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capsule of DWFCT with significant amount of adipose tissue that encapsulate the nerve trunk

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Epineurium

61
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layer of collagen fibers and one to three layers of perineural cells

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Perineurium

62
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delicate tube of loose c.t. that wraps individual nerve fibers

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Endoneurium

63
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Ovoid or cone-shaped thinly encapsulated body located in the dermal papillae of hairless skin

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Meissner’s corpuscle

64
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The largest encapsulated nerve ending in the body

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Vater-Pacinian corpuscle

65
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Failure of cerebellum to develop due to destruction of cerebellar cortex

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Cerebellar hypoplasia and atrophy

66
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Accumulation of excessive amount of CSF in the cranial cavity

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Hydrocephalus

67
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Thin walled and greatly enlarged lateral ventricle filled with CSF

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Hydranencephaly

68
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General term for a malformation of the spinal cord

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Myelodysplasia

69
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reduce or absence of development of one or more segments of spinal cord

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Hypoplasia

70
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dilation of central canal due to excess accumulation of CSF

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Hydromyelia

71
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abnormal cavitation of the spinal cord

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Syringomyelia

72
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2 spinal cords develop beside each other

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Diplomyelia

73
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2 spinal cords develop with a partition between them

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Diastematomyelia

74
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cleft in neural tube brought about by the failure of this part to close during neurulation

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Myeloschisis

75
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Protrusion of meninges to form a cyst beneath the skin

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Meningocoele

76
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Both the meninges and the spinal cord protrudes

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Meningomyelocoele

77
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By hrs. of incubation, the lateral walls of prosencephalon to form the 2 primary optic vesicles

78
Q

Anterior/cranial neuropore is almost closed by _______ hrs?

79
Q

Prosencephalon

neuromeres

80
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Mesencephalon

81
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Metencephalon

82
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Myelencephalon

83
Q

What is the white matter of the brain stem?

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Corpus callosum

84
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Openings of lateral telocoeles?

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Foramina of Monroe

85
Q

Median telencephalon will be forming the?

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Rhinencephalon

86
Q

parallel to brain stem?

A

Cranial ganglion

87
Q

Parallel to spinal cord?

A

Spinal ganglion

88
Q

Smaller than sensory ganglion, lies parallel to the spinal cord?

A

Sympathetic ganglion

89
Q

Outside the wall of viceral organs/ganglion

Parasympathetic

A

Extramural ganglion

90
Q

Located within the wall of tubular organ

Parasympathetic

A

Intramural ganglion

MicroAnat 2 (12 decks)

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