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Patho Exam 6 - Module 12: Neuro Verified
and Updated Questions and Answers (100%
Correct Answers)
Central nervous system: basic structure
Answer: -brain and spinal cord responsible for receiving and processing
information, and creating coordinated responses


-Cerebrospinal fluid surrounds the brain and spinal cord for protection


-The BBB separates and shields the CNS from the body's periphery


Forebrain:
Answer: telencephalon and diencephalon


Midbrain:
Answer: connects forebrain and hindbrain, contains red nucleus and substantia
nigra


Hindbrain:
Answer: cerebellum, pons, medulla oblongata


Spinal cord:
Answer: one long nerve starting from the medulla oblongata and ends between the
first and second lumbar vertebrae


Afferent:
Answer: sensory nerve pathways,, ascending, carry info from periphery to central
NS


Efferent:
Answer: motor nerve pathways, from CNS to PNS


Differentiate between white and gray matter
Answer: -White matter contains spinal tracts


-The grey matter creates a hornlike structure throughout the inside of the spinal cord
while the white matter makes up the surrounding sections of the spinal cord.


-The grey matter does extend to the spinal cord to make signaling more effective.

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Describe the structures necessary for reflexes
Answer: Receptor, afferent neuron, efferent neuron, and a muscle or gland


Autonomic nervous system
Answer: -Sympathetic


-Parasympathetic


-Identify neurotransmitters of the ANS, including which are preganglionic and which
are post ganglionic


Cell body:
Answer: -also known as the soma, which is located mainly in the central nervous
system.


-Dense groupings of cell bodies in the central nervous system are known as nuclei.


-Cell bodies found in the peripheral nervous system are called ganglia.


Dendrites:
Answer: the receptive portion of the neuron and carries nerve impulses toward the
cell body


Axons
Answer: are long conductive projections that generate and conduct action
potentials. Axons carry nerve impulses away from the cell body


Neuroglia:
Answer: support the neurons of the central nervous system


Oligodendroglia:
Answer: cells that form the myelin sheaths within the brain and spinal cord


Schwann Cells:
Answer: form the myelin sheath around axons in the peripheral nervous system


Non-myelinating Schwann Cells:
Answer: help provide metabolic support


Myelinating vs non-myelinating
Answer: Myelinated axons are the neuron axons which are covered with myelin
sheaths. Unmyelinated axons are the axons which are not covered with myelin

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