Clusters or RER and free ribosomes in neurons are called
Nissi bodies
Microglia
Neurofibrils
Neurofilaments
Perikaryon
Nissi Bodies
Functions of astrocytes include all of the following, except
Maintaining the blood-brain barrier
Responding to neural tissue damage
Guiding neuron development
Forming a three-dimensional framework for the CNS
Conducting action potentials
Conducting action potentials
Neurons that have one axon and one dendrite, with the soma in between, are called
Bipolar
Multipolar
Unipolar
Anaxonic
Tripolar
Bipolar
Branches that may occur along an axon are called
Synaptic knobs
Synapses
Hillocks
Collaterals
Telodendria
Collaterals
The myelin sheath that covers many CNS axons is formed by
Satellite cells
Oligodendrocytes
Ependymal cells
Microglia
Astrocytes
Oligodendrocytes
Which of the following is not a recognized structural classification for neurons?
Bipolar
Unipolar
Pseudopolar
Multipolar
Anaxonic
Pseudopolar
Axons terminate in a series of extensions known as
Telodendria
Synapses
Knobs
Collaterals
Telodendria
_________ neurons form the afferent division of the PNS.
Somatic sensory
Visceral sensory
Neural sensory
Sensory
None of the choices are correct
Sensory
Neurons that have several dendrites and a single axon are called
Tripolar
Multipolar
Anaxonic
Bipolar
Unipolar
Multipolar
The axon is connected to the soma at the
Telodendria
Synapse
Axon hillock
Synaptic knobs
Collaterals
Axon hillock
The cytoplasm that surrounds the nucleus of a neuron is called the
Neuroplasm
Protoplasm
Perikaryon
Nucleoplasm
Sarcoplasm
Perikaryon
Which of the following is not a function of the neuroglia?
Phagocytosis
Secretion of cerebrospinal fluid
Maintenance of blood-brain barrier
Memory
Support
Memory
Damage to ependymal cells would most likely affect the
Transport of neurotransmitters within axons
Formation of cerebrospinal fluid
Repair of axons
Formation of myelin sheaths
Formation of ganglia
Formation of cerebrospinal fluid
_______ neurons are small and have no anatomical features that distinguish dendrites from axons.
Bipolar
Anaxonic
Multipolar
Unipolar
None of the choices are correct
Anaxonic
Glial cells that surround the neurons in ganglia are
Astrocytes
Microglia
Oligodendrocytes
Satellite cells
Ependymal cells
Satellite cells