LECTURE 5
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 ASTROCYTES | GLIAL CELLS: (BARRIER) FORM BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER, SUPPORT, REPAIR, DEVELOPMENT |
| NEURONS | EXCITABLE NERVE CELLS THAT RANSMIT ELECTRICAL SIGNALS |
| ADULT BRAIN STRUCTURE: MYELENCEPHALON | MEDULLA OBLONGATA |
| OLIGODENDROCYTES | GLIAL CELLS: (BLANKET) WRAPS AROUND CERTAIN NEURONS IN THE CNS |
| 4 parts of PNS | cranial nerves, spinal nerves, ganglia, plexuses |
| PRIMARY MOTOR AREA: HOUSES PYRAMIDAL NEURONS WHOSE AXONS DECUSSATE AT THE PYRAMIDS; CONTRALATERAL | PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX |
| WHITE MATER STRUCTURES (3) | TRACTS, PEDUNCLES, NERVES |
| SECONDARY BRAIN VESICLES OF FOREBRAIN | TELENCEPHALON, DIENCEPHALON |
| ADULT BRAIN STRUCTURE: METENCEPHALON | PONS, CEREBELLUM |
| ADULT BRAIN STRUCTURE: MESENCEPHALON | MIDBRAIN |
| SECONDARY BRAIN VESICLES OF HINDBRAIN | METENCEPHALON, MYELENCEPHALON |
| 3 GREY MATTER STRUCTURES | CORTEX, NUCLEI, GANGLIA |
| CEREBRUM | MAIN REGION OF BRAIN: SENSES, THOUGHT, VOLUNTARY MOTOR, PERSONALITY |
| GLIAL CELLS | NONEXCITABLE SUPPORTING CELLS THAT SURROUND AND ENWRAP THE NEURONS |
| GANGLION | BUNDLE OF CELL BODIES LOCATED OUTSIDE THE CNS |
| PRIMARY MOTOR AREA: FINE MOVEMENTS AND PLANNING, CONNECTED TO SENSORY AREAS - "CONTRALATERAL" | PREMOTOR CORTEX |
| 4 parts of CNS | cerebrum, brain stem, cerebellum, spinal cord |
| ___ GIVES RISE TO MIDBRAIN | MESENCEPHALON |
| SECONDARY BRAIN VESICLES OF MIDBRAIN | MESENCEPHALON |
| MICROGLIA | GLIAL GELLS: (PACMAN) PHAGOCYTES THAT EAT UP DEAD NEURONS AND CLEAN UP DEBRIS |
| EPENDYMAL | GLIAL CELL TYPE: (LINING) LINES THE CENTRAL CAVITY OF SPINAL CORD AND BRAIN WHICH CONTAINS CSF |
| SCHWANN/SATELLITE CELLS | GLIAL CELLS EQUIVALENT TO OLIGODENDROCYTES (BLANKET) WRAP AROUND CERTAIN NEURONS IN PNS |
| NEURAL CELLS ARISE FROM | ECTODERM |
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