neurons and glia

Question 1

Anterograde transport through ________.

Answer 1

kinesins

Question 2

Retrograde transport through _______.

Answer 2

dyneins

Question 3

Neurotransmitters and other substances are transported along ___________ of the axons in both directions.

Answer 3

microtubules

Question 4

Kinesins use ___ to crawl along the microtubules.

Answer 4

ATP

Question 5

Vertical group of neurons. spinal cord

Answer 5

Column

Question 6

Group of parallel tracts

Answer 6

Funiculus

Question 7

Astrocytes in the gray matter is called what?

Answer 7

Protoplasmic astrocytes

Question 8

Astrocytes in the white matter is called what?

Answer 8

Fibrous astrocytes

Question 9

Highly branched with multiple processes that give these cells the star like appearance.

Answer 9

Astrocytes

Question 10

Every capillary in the CNS is jacketed by a layer of end-feet that separates it from the neural tissue forming the ____________

Answer 10

Blood brain Barrier (BBB)

Question 11

Transcytosis is the pathway for transport of plasma macromoleucles such as _______ and _________________ to the brain.

Answer 11

albumin

low density lipoproteins

Question 12

Brain endothelial cells use cellular transporters to regulate the ___________ and efflux metabolic waste and toxins between the blood and the brain parenchyma.

Answer 12

influx of nutrients (GLUT-1)

Question 13

________ cells are the immune cells of the CNS

Answer 13

Microglial

Question 14

Normally microglia are in non-activated or __________ state.

Answer 14

quiescent

Question 15

If a foreign antigen or cellular debris are detected microglial cells will _______.

Answer 15

activate