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10/27/2011

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Term
What cells form myelin of CNS?
Definition
Oligodendrocytes
Term
What cells form myelin of peripheral nervous system?
Definition
Schwann Cells
Term
What is the phagocytic cell of the CNS?
Definition
microglia, derived from monocytes
Term
What cell lines brain ventricles and central canal of spinal cord?
Definition
ependymal cells
Term
What cell maintains blood brain barrier?
Definition
Astrocytes
Term
What cell is involved in healing (gliosis) in CNS?
Definition
Astrocytes
Term
What are nissel bodies?
Definition
Rough endoplasmic reticulum of the neuron
Term
What forms white matter of the CNS?
Definition
Myelinated nerve fibers, neuroglia cells and blood vessels
Term
What forms the gray matter of CNS?
Definition
cell bodies of neurons, neuroglia, some dendrites and blood vessels
Term
Where are the pyramidal cells located?
Definition
cerebral cortex
Term
What are the type of cells of the spinal ganglion?
Definition
pseudounipolar neurons
Term
What type of cells in the autonomic ganglion?
Definition
stellate (star shaped) multipolar neuron cells
Term
What kind of innervation are spinal ganglia?
Definition
sensory
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What kind of innervation are multipolar neurons?
Definition
motor
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What part of the spinal cord gray matter contains motor neurons?
Definition
anterior (ventral) gray horn (stellate multipoloar neurons)
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What part of the spinal gray matter is composed of sensory neurons?
Definition
dorsal gray horn
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What kind of neurons does the lateral horn have?
Definition
sympathetic nervous system
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