Oligodendrocytes

Question 1

Oligodendrocytes are myelin producing cells in the ___________ nervous system.

Answer 1

CENTRAL

CNS

Question 2

Through a microscope, what do the oligodendrocyte projections resemble?

Answer 2

SPARSE BRANCHES OF TREE

Question 3

1 oligodendrocyte forms segments of myelin sheaths of about how many neurons at once?

Answer 3

30

Question 4

Oligodendrocytes are more ____________ than Schwann cells.

Answer 4

FRAGILE

Question 5

Name the disease which attacks oligodendrocytes?

Answer 5

MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

Question 6

Does myelin replacement occur during multiple sclerosis?

Answer 6

YES

but process becomes unreliable and eventually stops

Question 7

The clinical presentation of MS usually involves a return to normal after initial flare-ups, otherwise known as what?

Answer 7

REMISSION

Question 8

When repair periods of oligodendrocytes take longer and longer and are less effective, what is happening?

Answer 8

MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS