Human Anatomy & Physiology 1
Bio 111

Pre-Workshop 9:Nervous System Part 2

Use Chapter 10 in your textbook to do these Pre-Workshop Activities.

Getting into the Student's Brain

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