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Neurocytology and Organization of the Nervous System Flashcards

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What is the Nervous system?

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Control voluntary and involuntary actions and

brief responses to stimuli

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What is the Endocrine system?

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Adjusts metabolic operations and Directs long-term changes.

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What does the Central Nervous System consist of?

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Brain and spinal cord

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What does the Peripheral Nervous System consist of?

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All neural tissue outside CNS
1. Sensory neurons
2. Motor neurons (somatic and
autonomic)

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What are the two Functional divisions of nervous system?

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Afferent and Efferent

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What is Afferent?

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Sensory information from receptors to CNS

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What is Efferent?

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Motor commands to muscles and glands

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What does Efferent divided up into?

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Somatic division and Autonomic division

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What is Somatic division?

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Voluntary control over skeletal muscle

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What is Autonomic division?

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Involuntary regulation of smooth and cardiac muscle, glands

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What is an example of Functional divisions of nervous system?

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You see (Sensory Receptors) –>Sensory input is Afferent –>Integration –> Motor Output (efferent) –> effector.

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What is the Frontal Lobe in charge of?

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Memory, Intelligence, Reasoning, Movement, Decision- Making, Mood, Personality.

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What is parietal lobe in charge of?

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Sensation, Language, reading, intelligence, reasoning, telling right from left.

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What is the temporal lobe in charge of?

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Memory, vision, speech, behavior, hearing, emotions.

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What is the occipital lobe in charge of?

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Vision

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What is the cerebellum in charge of?

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Balance, Coordination, Fine motor control.

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What does the brainstem consist of?

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left and right hemisphere cerebrum, cerebellum, diencephalon.

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The brain stem serves as what?

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On/Off switch to control cortical activity and consciousness.

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Brain Stem and its associated cranial nerves do what?

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control many stereotyped involuntary motor tasks.

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What are the involuntary motor tasks that the brain stem and cranial nerves control?

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Rhythmic breathing, heartbeat modulation, swallowing, sneezing, involuntary facial expressions.

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What are the four major things that make up brain stem?

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Diencephalon, midbrain, pons, and medulla.

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How many cranial nerve pairs are there?

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12

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What is the composition of the olfactory nerve?

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Sensory Only

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What are the functions of the olfactory nerve?

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Olfaction aka smell

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What is the composition of the optic nerve?

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Sensory Only

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What are the functions of the optic nerve?

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Vision

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What is the composition of the oculomotor nerve?

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Motor and Sensory

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What are the functions of the Oculomotor nerve?

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Serves muscles of the eye.

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What is the composition of the trochlear nerve?

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Motor and Sensory

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What are the functions of the trochlear nerve?

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Serves the superior oblique eye muscle.

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What is the composition of the trigeminal nerve?

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Motor and Sensory

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What are the functions of the trigeminal nerve?

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Sensory from face and mouth; motor to muscles of mastication (chewing)

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What is the composition of the abducens?

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Motor and Sensory

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What are the functions of the abducens?

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Serves the lateral rectus eye muscle.

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What is the composition of the facial nerve?

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Motor and Sensory

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What are the functions of the facial nerve?

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Serves the muscles of facial expression, lacrimal glands, and salivary glands.

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What is the composition of the vestibulocochlear nerve?

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Sensory Only

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What are the functions of the vestibulocochlear nerve?

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Equilibrium and hearing.

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What is the composition of the glossopharyngeal?

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Motor and Sensory

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What are the functions of the glossopharyngeal?

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Serves the pharynx (throat) for swallowing, posterior third of tongue, parotid salivary gland.

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What is the composition of the vagus nerve?

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Motor and Sensory

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What are the functions of the vagus nerve?

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Sensations from visceral internal organs, and parasympathetic motor regulation of visceral organs.

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What is the composition of the accessory nerve?

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Motor and Sensory

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What are the functions of the accessory nerve?

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Serves muscles that move head, neck, and shoulders.

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What is the composition of the hypoglossal nerve?

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Motor and Sensory

46
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What are the functions of the hypoglossal nerve?

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Serves Muscles of the tongue.

47
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How many nerve pairs does the spinal cord have?

48
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How many pairs of nerves does the cervical portion of the spinal cord have?

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How many pairs of nerves does the thoracic portion have?

50
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How many nerve pairs does the lumbar portion have?

51
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How many nerve pairs does Sacrrum have?

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How many nerve pairs does the coccyx have?

53
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What is gray matter?

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Where neuron cell bodies are clustered, so it is where all synapses are.

54
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What is white matter?

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Where trillions of axons are running between different part of CNS, in bundles of “tracts”
• Remember, tracts are in CNS, vs nerves in PNS

55
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Why is white matter white?

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White is from the myelin sheaths

56
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What are the four lobes of the cerebral cortex?

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Temporal, Occipital, Parietal, and Frontal lobe.

57
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what are Dorsal half of “H”?

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Cell bodies of interneurons

58
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What are Ventral half of “H”?

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Cell bodies of motor neurons

59
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What are the two types of cells in the brain?

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Neurons and supporting cells known as neuroglia

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What type of neurons cells are in the PNS?

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  • Schwann cells

* Satellite cells

61
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What type of neuron cells in the CNS?

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  • Astrocytes
  • Oligodendrocytes
  • Microglia
  • Ependymal cells
62
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Glial cells or neuroglia cells are known as what?

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Nerve glue

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What is the main defining characteristic of neurons?

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have the property of electrical excitability - ability to produce
action potentials or impulses in response to stimuli

64
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What are structural classification of neurons based on?

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Based on number of processes found on cell body.

65
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What is the most common cell type in the brain and spinal cord?

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Multipolar

66
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What is a multipolar neuron?

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Several dendrites and one axon

67
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What is a bipolar neuron?

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One main dendrite and one axon.

68
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Where are bipolar neurons found?

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In retina, inner ear, & olfactory (interneuron)

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What are unipolar neurons?

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one process only, sensory only (touch, stretch)

70
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Unipolar neurons develop from?

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A bipolar neuron in the embryo.axon and dendrite fuse and then branch into 2 branches near the soma - both have the structure of axons (propagate APs) - the axon that projects toward the periphery = dendrites (Sensory neuron)

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Where are the Purkinje cells?

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In the cerebellum

72
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Where are the Renshaw cells?

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In the spinal cord

73
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What do Sensory (afferent) neurons?

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transport sensory information from skin, muscles,

joints, sense organs & viscera to CNS

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What do Motor (efferent) neurons do?

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send motor nerve impulses to muscles & glands

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What do Interneurons (association) neurons do?

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connect sensory to motor neurons.

90% of neurons in the CNS

76
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What are the three main types of neurons?

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Interneuron, Motor Neuron, and Sensory Neuron.

77
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How many neurons are there?

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100 billion

78
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What is the magnification of glial cells to neurons?

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10x more glial cells thant neuron

79
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What is important to know about glial cells?

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do NOT generate electrical impulses,

divide by mitosis, two types in PNS, Four types in the CNS

80
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How do glial cells support neurons?

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Provide physical support as well as nutrients.

81
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Who covers neurons with myelin?

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Glial cells

82
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Cleans up debris, housewives are?

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glial cells

83
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What are Satellite cells?

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surround neuron cell body (Structural func2on, protec2ve

cells, supply nutrients, receptors to interact with neurons)

84
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What are Schwann cells?

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Form myelin in PNS, maintain and protect neurons.

85
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What makes up myelin?

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lipoprotein

86
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Myelin increases what?

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speed of conduction, large axons

87
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Main function for myelin?

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insulation and prevent leakage

88
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What are nodes of Ranvier?

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Layers of spaces between cells.

89
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What happens in MS patients?

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patches of myelin are destroyed in the brain and spinal cord; Maligant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors (MPNSTs)

90
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What are the four CNS glial cells?

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Astrocytes, microglia, ependymal cells, oligodendrocytes.

91
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What are astrocytes?

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Involved in metabolism & synapse formation

92
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What do astrocytes look like?

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Star shaped; the most numerous

93
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What are microglia?

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Phagocytes

94
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What are ependymal cells?

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Line the cavity of CNS and spinal cord; cilia

95
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What are oligodendrocytes?

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Produce myelin sheaths in CNS

96
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Glial cells support neurons and do what?

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maintain their environment

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