Week 7 - Terminology

Question 1

nuclei

Answer 1

clusters of cell bodies in the CNS

Question 2

ganglia

Answer 2

collections of cell bodies outside the CNS in the PNS

Question 3

tracts

Answer 3

bundles of nerve fibers in the CNS

Question 4

nerves

Answer 4

bundles of nerve fibers in the PNS

Question 5

white matter

Answer 5

collections of myelinated fibers (tracts)

Question 6

gray matter

Answer 6

mostly UNmyelinated fibers and cell bodies