Nervous Tissues 1 Flashcards
the CNS consists of the ___ and ___ ___
brain and spinal cord
the PNS consists of the ___ ___ and ___ ___
nerves, ganglia, and sensory receptors.
the ___ nervous system carries info toward the CNS or up the spinal cord to the brain
AFFERENT
the ____ nervous system carries info from the brain and AWAy from the CNS to effector organs and muscles
EFFERENT
the afferent and efferent systems have ___ and ___ components
somatic (relating to skin and skeletal muscles) and visceral/autonomic NS components.
THe autonomic/visceral system is divided into the ____ and ____ division
sympathetic (thoracolumbar) parasympathetic (craniosacral)
2 basic cell types of nervous tissue
1) neurons: functional cells of nervous tissue 2)glial cells: support cells found in the CNS
purpose of neuron
to generate an action potential
a cell body is aka
perikaryon
what gives a neuron’s cell body a nice and dark appearance?
chromatophillic substance called NISSL BODIES.
neurofibrils purpose. What are they made of?
they cushion and support the nucleus and nucleolus in the cell body. made of intermediate filaments.
Where is the neuropil space? What is the neuropil space composed of?What is the arrow pointing to?
The neuropil space is the regions of rounder cells with blue background. It is composed of glial cells that surround neurons. The arrow is pointning to an axon hillock/cell body region of a neuron
Nissl bodies are ____ and are found mainly in the _____
chromatophilic and found mainly in the cell body/perikaryon
what are the black spots in this slide
glial cells
the myelin sheath consists of 3 types of lipids: ___, ____ and ___ as well as proteins
phospholipids, cholesterol and glycolipids.
Myelin is made by ___ cells in the PNS and ____ cells in the CNS
Schwann cells in the PNS and oligodendrocytes in the CNS
How is myelin synthesized?
one layer at a time. You dont eed to know about true myelin synthesis
What stain is good at visualizing nervous tissue? (besides H and E)
Golgi stain
glial cells function is to :
and they are typically associated with cells of ___ ___ ___
glial cells are meant to support (both structurally and metabolically) neurons. They are associated with FIBROUS CONNECTIVE TISSUE.
What is this? What are the arrows pointing to?
This is myelin cross section. The nerve is in the middle, with layers of myelin surrounding it. M= myelin sheath
S= schwann cell nucleus
F= nerve fiber.