Exam 16: Nervous Tissue

Which neuroglia would be most responsible for helping to prevent pathogens and toxins from entering the brain from the blood?

The name of the structure indicated by the line in the diagram is: _____.

Which structure of the neuron will contain the greatest number of neurotransmitter receptors?

State two conditions necessary for the regeneration of the processes of a neuron in the peripheral nervous system.

The name given to rough endoplasmic reticulum in neurons is lipofuscin granules.

Which of the following statements is FALSE regarding oligodendrocytes?

Dendrites conduct signals toward the neuron cell body; the axon conducts nerve impulses away from the neuron cell body.

The axon hillock is the part of a neuron that:

A Schwann cell (neurolemmocyte) contributes to the myelin sheath of _____ (one or several) axon(s).

One class of neuroglial cells is cuboidal to columnar cells arranged in a single layer that possess microvilli and cilia that line fluid-filled spaces in the CNS. These neuroglia are called _____.

_____ (or motor) impulses travel from the _____ to the _____ (muscles or glands).

The name of the structure indicated by the line in the diagram is: _____.

Gray matter is only located in the brain.

Which of the following neuroglia would be found in the peripheral nervous system?

A multipolar neuron consists of three parts: cell body, _____ and _____.