Exam 13: The Nervous System: Neural Tissue

Figure 13.1 Using the above-referenced histological diagram of neural tissue in the CNS, identify the specified labeled structure(s) in each of the following questions. -Identify the structure(s) indicated by Label C.

Receptors may be classified as ________.

Figure 13.2 Using the above-referenced diagram of a myelinated axon in the PNS, identify the specified labeled structure(s) in each of the following questions. -Identify the structure(s) indicated by Label L.

Over 50 different neurotransmitters have been identified, but the best known is ________.

In electrical synapses, nerve impulse transmission occurs between cells of the CNS and PNS without any delay due to ________.

Injured neurons can fully recover their functional capabilities if ________.

How do the functions of Schwann cells differ from those of satellite cells?

Figure 13.2 Using the above-referenced diagram of a myelinated axon in the PNS, identify the specified labeled structure(s) in each of the following questions. -Identify the structure(s) indicated by Label P.

Astrocytes function in maintaining the blood-brain barrier, which isolates the CNS from the general circulation.

Glial cells are roughly ________ times more prevalent than neurons.

Areas of the nervous system that are dominated by myelinated axons are referred to as ________.

In the case of somatic neuromuscular neurons, the arrival of a nerve impulse at the axon terminal immediately triggers ________.

Collections of neuron cell bodies in the interior of the CNS form larger groups called ________.

A type of information processing wherein information is relayed in a stepwise sequence, from one neuron to another or from one neuronal pool to the next, is called ________.

Interneurons ________.

An inhibitory response ________.

Microglia are (the)________.

Figure 13.2 Using the above-referenced diagram of a myelinated axon in the PNS, identify the specified labeled structure(s) in each of the following questions. -Identify the structure(s) indicated by Label G.

If the point of an extremely small probe were passed into a satellite cell, it would be located in which region of the nervous system?

The cells responsible for information processing and transfer are the ________.