Use Chapter 10 in your textbook to do these Pre-Workshop Activities.
Activity A: Types of Neurons
Write the type of neuron, either unipolar, mutlipolar or bipolar that best fits each description below.
1._____________________ Act as receptor cells 2._____________________ One axon, many dendrites from the cell body 3._____________________ Controls all skeletal muscles 4._____________________ One axon, one dendrite from the cell body 5._____________________ Neurons found only in the Central Nervous System 6._____________________ Act as sensory neurons 7._____________________ Act as efferent neurons 8._____________________ Act as interneurons 9._____________________ Found in the retina of the eye 10._____________________ 99% of all neruons in the body 11._____________________ Neurons that are very rare in the body 12._____________________ Act as afferent neurons
Activity B: Neuroglia (Glial Cells)
Write the name of the glial cell or strucutre that best fits each description below.
1._____________________ Lines brain ventricles and central canal 2._____________________ Gaps in the myelin sheath 3._____________________ Forms myelin sheath around axon in the PNS 4._____________________ Largest glial cell in CNS 5._____________________ Aids in the regeneration of damaged axons 6._____________________ Small glial cell that engulfs microbes or debris 7._____________________ Forms myelin sheath around axon in the CNS 8._____________________ Surrounds the cell bodies of ganglia 9._____________________ Large, star shaped glial cell 10._____________________ Outer layer of myelin sheath in PNS 11._____________________ Gilial cells with cilia to circulate cerebrospinal fluid 12._____________________ Anchors neurons to their food supply in the CNS