What are the most numerous cells of the central nervous system?

Flattened epithelial-like fibroblasts in what connective tissue layer immediately surround the grouped axons of a large peripheral nerve?

The central nervous system is surrounded by layers of support tissue collectively called the meninges. Which part of the meninges directly contacts cells of the neural tissue?

Which of the following best describes a “peripheral nerve”?

You read in a pathology report that a patient has peripheral neuropathy with partial demyelination in the larger nerves of the lower limbs. You know immediately that this involves what cells?

Accumulations or plaques of proteins between CNS neurons is one classic pathologic feature of Alzheimer’s disease. These proteins stimulate activity of what local cell related to the monocyte lineage with an immunosurveillance role in the brain?

Which part of a synapse is most likely to show the presence of secretory vesicles in a transmission electron micrograph? 

Dense irregular connective tissue comprises what layer in large peripheral nerves?  

In many peripheral nerves there are long neurons whose axons end with junctions at muscle fibers. Where are the perikarya of these neurons located?

The ventricles of the brain are filled with cerebrospinal fluid and lined by what cells?

Nodes of Ranvier represent the junctions between successive Schwann cells along an axon. Where are these nodes found in nervous tissue?

What property or structure common to almost all animal cells is utilized by neurons in their specialized conduction of a nerve impulse?

Remodeling of synaptic connections in the central nervous system occurs as needed throughout one’s life. This represents primarily which of the following?

In the central nervous system the microenvironments of perikarya, synapses, and capillaries are all surrounded by and regulated by what processes from what glial cell?

What is the term for aggregations of neuronal cell bodies lying in peripheral sites outside the central nervous system?

Neuronally associated satellite cells are found in what region or structures of the nervous system?

Where in a typical synapse are receptors for the neurotransmitters located?

The functional significance of the material generally referred to as “Nissl substance” is reflected in its neuronal location. What is its location?

Patients with cerebral edema (swelling) may have cognitive deficits and reduced function within the blood-brain barrier. What are the two most important cell types in forming this CNS “barrier”?

Identify the pointed structure labeled as B

Which type of glial cell is NOT derived from the neuroepithelial stem cell?

An impulse in the red arrow region would cause an _______, releasing neurotransmitter molecules onto the violet arrow region via exocytosis. These molecules would bind to the receptors in the blue arrow region, which then results to an _______