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VI - Nervous Tissue Flashcards

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Most important histopathologic indicator of CNS injury

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gliosis

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Functional and structural unit of the CNS, classified according to neurites or size

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neuron

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Excitable cells that are specialized for the reception of stimuli and conduction of nerve impulse

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neuron

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Connective tissue of the CNS, non-excitable, structural, protective

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glial cells

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Neurons: 1 axon that divides into a peripheral and a CNS branch, 0 dendrites, posterior root ganglia, cranial nerves

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unipolar/pseudounipolar

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Neurons: 1 axon, 1 dendrite, vestibular, cochlear ganglia, retinal ganglia, olfactory mucosa

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bipolar

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Neurons: 1 axon, ≥ 2 dendrites, most of CNS

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multipolar

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Neurons: no true axon, many dendrites, do not produce action potentials, regulate electrical changes of adjacent neurons

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anaxonic

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Neurons: receive stimuli from receptors

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sensory / afferent

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Neurons: sends impulses to effector organs

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motor / efferent

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Neurons: under voluntary control, innervate skeletal muscle

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somatic motor

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Neurons: involuntary, innervate glands, cardiac muscle and smooth muscle

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autonomic motor

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Neurons: establish relationships among other neurons

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interneurons

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Neurons: single long axon, fiber tracts of the brain and spinal cord, peripheral nerves, motor cells of the spinal cord

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golgi type 1 cells

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Neurons: single short axon, cerebral & cerebellar cortex

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golgi type 2 cells

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Neurons: conduct nerve impulse towards the cell body

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dendrites

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Neurons: contains the cell activities

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body

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Neurons: small conical elevation on the cell body

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axon hillock

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Neurons: conduct impulses away from the cell body

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axon

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Neurons: gaps between myelinated segments exposed to the extracellular milieu of the cell

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nodes of Ranvier

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Neurons: axon terminals, contain neurotransmitter vesicles

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synaptic terminals

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Neurons: materials are transported to the axons from the cell body, kinesin

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Anterograde Axonal Transport

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Neurons: transport of nerve growth factor, HSV, tetanus toxin, botulinum toxin, dynein

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Retrograde Axonal Transport

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What cellular structure is particularly increased in neurons

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rough endoplasmic reticulum

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RER in the CNS is in the form of
Nissl substance
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Composed of stacked RER
Nissl substance
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Phenomenon in fatigue or neuronal damage in which the Nissl substance moves and becomes concentrated in the periphery
chromatolysis
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Stain used to localize Nissl substance
Aniline Stain
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Major inhibitory NT in the spinal cord
glycine
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Major inhibitory NT in the brain
GABA
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Major excitatory NT in the CNS
glutamate
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NT depleted in Parkinson's disease
dopamine
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NT in excess in Schizophrenia
dopamine
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NT that plays a role in depression, anxiety and panic attacks
serotonin, norepinephrine
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NT abundant in the raphe nuclei of the brain
serotonin
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Maintains CNS hemostasis, protect and surround neurons and hold them in place
neuroglia
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Provides oxygen and nutrients to neurons, insulates neurons from each other, destroys and removes pathogens in the CNS
neuroglia
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Neuroglia: structural and metabolic support, BBB, repair processes, white matter
astrocytes (fibrous cell)
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Neuroglia: structural and metabolic support, BBB, repair processes, gray matter
astrocytes (protoplasmic)
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Neuroglia: along myelinated nerves and surrounding neuron cell bodies, form myelin in CNS
oligodendrocytes
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Neuroglia: peripheral nerves, form myelin in PNS
Schwann cells (neurolemmocyte)
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Neuroglia: scattered throughout CNS, phagocytic action
microglia
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Neuroglia: peripheral ganglia, structural and metabolic support for neuronal cell bodies
satellite cells
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Neuroglia: lines the ventricles and central canals, circulation and absorption of CSF
ependyma (ependymyocytes)
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Neuroglia: lines the floor of the 3rd ventricle, transport CSF to the hypophyseal portal system
ependyma (tanycytes)
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Neuroglia: line the choroidal plexus, production of CSF
ependyma (choroidal epithelial cells)
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Supporting framework, project foot processes (perivascular feet) in the capillaries which contribute to the BBB, play a role in the metabolism of NT
astrocytes
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Buffer the potassium concentration of the CNS form glial scars after injury, undergo hypertrophy and hyperplasia after injury, contain Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein (GFAP)
astrocytes
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Most common primary CNS tumor in children
astrocytoma
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Largest neuroglial cells
astrocytes
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Myelinate axons in the PNS
Schwann cells
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Neuroglia: originate from the mesoderm
microglia
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Neuroglia: line the ventricular cavities
ependymal cells
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Neuroglia: have numerous processes with expanded vascular end feet or pedicles which attach to the wall of the capillaries
astrocytes
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Neuroglia: Part of the mononuclear phagocytic system
microglia
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Forms glial scars
astrocytes
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Modified type of ependymal cells in the hypothalamus
tanycytes
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Neuroglia: participate in BBB
astrocytes
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Neuroglia: myelinate axons in the CNS
oligodendrocytes
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Neuroglia: undergo hyperplasia and hypertrophy in reaction to CNS injury
astrocytes
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Neuroglia: ciliated cells which help move CSF through ventricles
ependymal cells
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Degeneration of oligodendrocytes results in
multiple myeloma
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Limiting layer of perivascular astrocytic feet, tight junction betweet endothelial cells of capillaries
Blood-Brain Barrier
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Tight junctions between choroid epithelial cells, endothelial cells of capillaries
Blood-CSF Barrier

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