Neuro 2: CSF, Vasculature, and Nervous Tissue

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease that most directly affects which type of glial cell?

True or False: Fragile X Syndrome is more common in females.

True or False: Schwann cells envelope both myelinated axons and unmyelinated axons.

The transverse sinuses are formed between which two tissue layers?

Which of the following types of astrocytes would you find in they gray matter of the brain?

NG2-Glia are considered the most abundant progenitor cell in the post-natal brain and may be a source of stem cells. They are thought to give rise to all of the following EXCEPT...

http://www.regenecell.com/images/article_ms_01.gif

The link above is a micrograph of which cell type?

Which of the following diseases does NOT result in increased activation of microglia?

Which type of glial cell is associated with neuronal cell migration and guidance?

http://www.med.harvard.edu/aanlib/cases/caseSLU/mr1/064.gif

Which type of brain tumor is most likely depicted in this pictured?

Where would you expect to find glutamine synthetase in the brain?

In which section a nerve would you expect to find prominent kinesin proteins?

Which of the following cisterns is the first to encounter new CSF?

How does the rabies virus reach the brain to cause fatal encephalitis when someone is bitten in the ankle?

Which of the following are the most common cause of neurologic deficits?

Which type of glial cell is associated with the formation of the blood-brain barrier?

A dorsal root ganglion would best be described as a _____ neuron.

A choroid plexus cyst would NOT be found in which location?

Which type of neuron forms the vast majority of neurons in humans?

This disease, commonly recognized by the "onion bulb" appearance of PNS axons, presents with weakness of foot/lower leg muslces. It is the most commonly inherited neurological disorder.

http://www.conncad.com/gallery/Astrocyte.jpg

The link above is an image of which type of astrocyte?

What is directly responsible for the initiation of an action potential?

Which area would you expect to contain the fewest number of ribosomes?

Which of the following special sensory neurons is used to sense vibration?

The bursting of a cerebral blood vessel is known as a ...

The "area postrema", located on the brain stem adjacent to the 4th ventricle, is reponsible for what function?

Head trauma that disrupts astrocyte end feet would be LEAST LIKELY to affect which of the following?

You would find blood vessels beneath which layer(s) a peripheral nerve?

Which of the following is not a well-known glial transmitter?

Which of the following is NOT true of CSF when compared to blood plasma?

Which of the following cells are derived from mesoderm?

Which of the following would be visualized using a MBP stain?

Which glial cell(s) is responsible for functioning in myelination?

Which of the following would you expect to find in a lumbar puncture of a patient with active multiple sclerosis?

Where is the action potential initiated in sensory neurons?

Which of the following is NOT directly associated with the cavernous sinus?

Wallerian degeneration" refers to the ____ degeneration of an axon upon destruction to the neural soma.

Which type of glial cell is associated with production and secretion of growth factors?

A functionally related group of nerve cell bodies is termed a...

A collection of parallel axons and support cells is termed a...

True or False: Meningiomas are the most lethal type of neural-derived brain cancer (not metastasis from other cancers such as lung cancer)

Where are you likely to find stem cell pools in the CNS?

True or False: Each Schwann cell only myelinates one axon.

The CSF is found between which two layers of tissue?

A subarachnoid hemorrhage would be most likely to cause which type of hydrocephalus?

In which disease would you classically expect to see a disruption of the neuronal microtubules, called a neurofibrillary tangle?

Which of the following characteristics differentiates glial cells from neurons?

Which of the following cell types are involved in phagocytosis?

Place the following branches of the vertebral arteries in the correct order, from most caudal to most rostral: (e.g. I, II, III)
I: Basilar artery
II: Posterior inferior cerebellar arteries
III: Vertebral arteries
IV: Superior cerebellar arteries
V: Posterior spinal arteries
VI: Anterior inferior cerebellar arteries
VII: Posterior cerebral arteries
VIII:Anterior spinal artery

The nodes of Ranvier along a myelinated axon are rich in which type of channel?