H1 Anatomy Part 1 Nervous System

Impulses that travel down a myelinated neuron move faster than if it was unmyelinated.

• True
• False

Which cell type provides structural support to nervous tissue?

• Ependymal Cells

• Oligodendrocytes

• Astrocytes

• Microglia

This phagocytic cell type is specially made to clean up cellular waste and debris

• Oligodendrocytes

• Astrocytes

• Ependymal Cells

• Microglia

What type of neuroglial cell attaches neurons to capillaries (helps with the Blood Brain Barrier)?

• Astrocyte
• Oligodendrocytes
• Microglial
• Ependymal

Which of the following describes the function of the ependymal cells?

• Protection of the axon of a neuron

• Maintain the health of the neuron
• Creates/Circulates the cerebrospinal fluid

• Insulate the electrical impulse

What is the main function of oligodendrocytes?

• Production of insulating myelin in CNS

• Maintain the health of the neuron
• Production of insulating myelin in PNS

• Lining of the cavities in the CNS to circulate spinal fluid

Neuroglial cells that form the insulating myelin sheath on neurons in the CNS are called __.

Similar cells found in the PNS are called ____.

• neurons and oligodendrocytes

• astrocytes and schwann cells

• schwann cells and bipolar cells

• oligodendrocytes and schwann cells

Small cells that engulf and destroy microbes and cellular debris in the CNS

• microglia

• horns

• neuroglia

• astrocytes

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The entire junction between 2 nerves or a nerve and another cell like muscle cells is called a __

• axons

• cell bodies

• synapse

• dendrites

Produce cerebrospinal fluid in the brain & spinal cord

• ependymal cells

• oligodendrocytes

• microglia

• astrocytes