Anat100 Block Theory 2 || with 100% Verified Solutions.
Astrocytes
(Appearance and function) correct answers - big and star shaped
- communicated with neurons and blood vessels
- maintains neural integrity
Microglia
(appearance and function) correct answers - smaller glial cell
- perform phagocytosis to engulf pathogens
Ependymal cells
(appearance and function) correct answers - simple cuboidal cells
- lines the cavities of brain and spinal cord
- helps produce cerebrospinal fluid
oligodendrocytes correct answers - myelinate axons in the CNS
- one cell can myelinate many axons
Schwann cells correct answers - myelinate axons in the PNS
- can only myelinate part of one axon
The cerebrum correct answers - telencephalon
- diencephalon
Telencephalon correct answers - interprets sensory signals
- sends motor signals
- decision making
Midbrain (posterior) correct answers superior and inferior colliculi
pons correct answers - connects and communicates to the cerebellum via fibres
Medulla correct answers continuous with the spinal cord
Cerebellum correct answers coordinates motor activity
Meninges of the Brain correct answers - dura mater
- arachnoid mater
- pia mater
Dura mater of the brain correct answers - double later of connective tissue
- creates the falx cerebri, falx cerebelli, and tentorium cerebri
- attaches to the skull
Arachnoid Mater of brain correct answers - loosely covers brain
- creates subarachnoid space
subarachnoid space of brain correct answers - between the arachnoid mater and pia mater
- filled with CSF
Pia mater of brain correct answers - firmly attaches to the cortex
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