Parts of the Spinal Cord
Neuroglia
Neurons
Parts of the Nervous System
Spinal Cord Cross section
Coverings of the CNS
100
The conical, bottom part of the spinal cord.
What is the Conus Medularis?
100
How many types of neuroglia there are in the CNS.
What is 4.
100
Type of neuron with many cellular processes or extensions.
What is multipolar neurons?
100
Division of the nervous system that contains the brain.
What is the CNS? (Central Nervous System)
100
The butterfly shaped, dark area of the spinal cord cross section.
What is the gray matter?
100
Coverings around the Brain and Spinal Cord.
What are the meninges.
200
Myelinated part of the spinal cord.
What is the white matter?
200
The most common type of CNS neuroglia.
What is Astrocyte?
200
Extensions of the neuron that receive information.
What are dendrites?
200
Senses that are part of the PNS like smell, hearing, sight, and taste.
What are the special senses?
200
The area of the spinal cord that contains CSF.
What is the central canal?
200
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!
Its the delicate covering of the spinal cord.
What is the Pia mater?
300
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!
It is the horse tail-like extensions of the spinal cord.
What is the Cauda Equina?
300
One of the two neuroglia that makes myelin.
What are Schwann cells (or Oligodendrocytes)?
300
Location of the nucleus of the neuron.
What is the cell body?
300
Division of the nervous system that contains the spinal/mixed nerves.
What is the PNS? (Peripheral nervous system)
300
The nerve root that leaves the spinal cord to travel to a muscle or gland.
What is the ventral root?
300
Space containing Adipose tissue that surrounds the dura matter.
What is the Epidural space?
400
The vertebra that surround the most inferior part of the spinal cord.
What are the lumbar vertebra?
400
Outermost covering/wrapping of the myelin sheath in the PNS.
What is the neurilemma.
400
Part of the neuron that may be covered by a myelin sheath.
What is the axon?
400
Nerve root that contains the sensory neuron.
What is the dorsal root?
400
"Bump" containing cell bodies of the sensory neurons.
What is the Dorsal Root Ganglion?
400
Space between the innermost and middle meninge.
What is the Subarachnoid space?
500
The fluid inside the central canal of the spinal cord.
What is CSF? (Cerebrospinal Fluid)
500
Type of CNS neuroglial cell that produces and circulates CSF.
What is ependymal cells?
500
TRIPLE JEOPARDY!!!
Special form of Rough ER found in the neuron.
What is Nissl Bodies?
500
Division of the nervous system that contains the structure at the pointer.
What is the CNS? (Central nervous system)
500
The Central Canal is surrounded by this type of matter.
What is the gray matter?
500
Meninge with a "spider-web-like" appearance.
What is the arachnoid mater.