Nervous System Histology Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. Neuroglial cells supporting PNS ganglia neurons.
  2. 3. Outer connective tissue covering of a peripheral nerve.
  3. 7. Bundles of myelinated axons in the CNS.
  4. 8. Structural protein of neurofibrillary tangles.
  5. 11. Selective stain method to visualize whole neurons.
  6. 13. Glial cells responsible for CNS myelination.
  7. 14. Dense basophilic clumps of RER in neurons.
  8. 16. Layer of meninges directly attached to brain and cord.
  9. 18. Large pyramidal neurons in motor cortex.
  10. 19. Star-shaped glial cells maintaining blood–brain barrier.
Down
  1. 1. Highly branched neuronal processes that receive input.
  2. 4. Cells lining ventricles of brain and central canal.
  3. 5. Supporting glial cells of the PNS that form myelin.
  4. 6. Layer of cerebellum containing Purkinje neurons.
  5. 7. Junctional complexes sealing endothelial cells in BBB.
  6. 9. Microscopic gaps between adjacent myelin sheaths.
  7. 10. Specialized junction for neuronal communication.
  8. 12. Modified ependymal cells that produce CSF.
  9. 15. Pigment granules that accumulate in aging neurons.
  10. 17. Phagocytic immune cells of the CNS.