VI - Nervous Tissue Flashcards
Most important histopathologic indicator of CNS injury
gliosis
Functional and structural unit of the CNS, classified according to neurites or size
neuron
Excitable cells that are specialized for the reception of stimuli and conduction of nerve impulse
neuron
Connective tissue of the CNS, non-excitable, structural, protective
glial cells
Neurons: 1 axon that divides into a peripheral and a CNS branch, 0 dendrites, posterior root ganglia, cranial nerves
unipolar/pseudounipolar
Neurons: 1 axon, 1 dendrite, vestibular, cochlear ganglia, retinal ganglia, olfactory mucosa
bipolar
Neurons: 1 axon, ≥ 2 dendrites, most of CNS
multipolar
Neurons: no true axon, many dendrites, do not produce action potentials, regulate electrical changes of adjacent neurons
anaxonic
Neurons: receive stimuli from receptors
sensory / afferent
Neurons: sends impulses to effector organs
motor / efferent
Neurons: under voluntary control, innervate skeletal muscle
somatic motor
Neurons: involuntary, innervate glands, cardiac muscle and smooth muscle
autonomic motor
Neurons: establish relationships among other neurons
interneurons
Neurons: single long axon, fiber tracts of the brain and spinal cord, peripheral nerves, motor cells of the spinal cord
golgi type 1 cells
Neurons: single short axon, cerebral & cerebellar cortex
golgi type 2 cells
Neurons: conduct nerve impulse towards the cell body
dendrites
Neurons: contains the cell activities
body
Neurons: small conical elevation on the cell body
axon hillock
Neurons: conduct impulses away from the cell body
axon
Neurons: gaps between myelinated segments exposed to the extracellular milieu of the cell
nodes of Ranvier
Neurons: axon terminals, contain neurotransmitter vesicles
synaptic terminals
Neurons: materials are transported to the axons from the cell body, kinesin
Anterograde Axonal Transport
Neurons: transport of nerve growth factor, HSV, tetanus toxin, botulinum toxin, dynein
Retrograde Axonal Transport
What cellular structure is particularly increased in neurons
rough endoplasmic reticulum
RER in the CNS is in the form of
Nissl substance