Cells Of Nervous System

Question 1

Astrocytes

Answer 1

Attach neurons to blood capillaries of the brain, regulate concentrations of nutrients

Question 2

Microglia

Answer 2

Stationary immune cells only in brain/spinal cord, destroys microorganisms and cellular debris

Question 3

Ependymal cell

Answer 3

Produce cerebrospinal fluid, some have cillia to keep fluid circulating so it doesn’t turn to gel,

Question 4

Schwann cells

Answer 4

Functional equivalent to oligodendrocyte, fat cells in the whole body

Question 5

Oligodendrocyte cell (fat cells)

Answer 5

Insulator only in brain and spinal cord, fatty myelin sheath around nerve fibers