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Glial Cells Flashcards

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Form tight walls creating blood brain barrier so that substances cannot just from blood stream to neural tissue

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Astrocyte

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Provide structural matrix

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Astrocyte-defense

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May be involved with neurons plasticity/neural growth

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Astrocyte

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Form and support myelin to cover axons

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Oligdendrocyte - transport speed

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Exist in pns where they are called schwan cells to support myelin for nerves

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Oligidendrocyte

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Scavenge cells which clean up dead neurons

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Microglia zombies/doctors

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Migrate to site of lesion, turn into macrophages , eat

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Microglia

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Orchestrate immune system reps panes to infection

Bleed infarct necrotic tissue

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Microglia

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Line the ventricles of the brain and spinal cord

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Ependyma packing gel

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Form choroid plexus which makes csf

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Ependyma

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Help clear away toxins

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Ependyma

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Crucial for buoyancy

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Ependyma

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Neuro Unit 1 (11 decks)

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