Atlas of Plant and Animal Histology

Choose true or false. Each right answer scores 1, and each wrong answer scores -1. Not answered questions score 0.

1) Neurons with the soma outside the central nervous system make up all the peripheral nervous system.

2) The peripheral nervous system can be divided into somatic and a vegetative components.

3) The somatic part of the peripheral nervous system can be divided into the sympathetic and parasympathetic components.

4) A peripheral nerve is the same than a peripheral nerve fiber.

5) Myelin in peripheral nerves is made up of expansions of the oligodendroglia.

6) Spinal nerves leave the encephalon.

7) Epineurium is a layer of connective tissue wrapping the neves.

8) Twenty eight cranial nerves have been describe.

9) Ganglia are groups of neurons found outside the central nervous system.

10) Sensory ganglia carry information from the body to the central nervous system.

11) The vegetative ganglia are part of the autonomous nervous system.

F-1) Each asterisk indicates a peripheral nerve fascicle.

F-2) Arrows point to a black layer made up of peripheral nerves.

F-3) Arrows point to ganglion cells in a silver impregnated ganglion