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14 Cards in this Set
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Astrocyte |
help form the blood brain barrier |
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Oligodendrites |
forms the sheaths around axons in the CNS |
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Schwann cells |
forms the sheaths around axons in the PNS |
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Microglia |
act like white blood cells to clear the brain of antigens/microbes |
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Glial cells |
form most of brain tissue |
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Ependymal cells |
- formation on cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) -line cavities of the brain |
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Meninges |
wrap, protect, and nourish brain |
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CSF |
floating and cushioning fluid of brain |
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Blood Brain Barrier |
access limiting barrer to blood born material to brain |
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Cranium |
bony case that encloses the brain and spinal cord |
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CSF is produced by |
choroid plecus - in ventricle cavities |
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what is the choroid plexus |
vascularized masses called ependymal cells |
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CSF has a high k concentration the plasma
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no, plasma has higer |
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is the hypothalamus subject to bbb |
no |
