Learning Objectives

• Identify and recall the locations and organization of the different types of nervous tissue within the body
• Identify the 2 cell types of nervous tissue microscopically
• Outline the characteristics of structure and function of nervous tissue within the body.
• Outline the characteristics of structure and function of the 2 cell types in nervous tissue.
• Relate the structural types of the neuron to the different functions of this cell.

Nervous Cell Types

• what makes up the CNS vs PNS?
• what are neurons?
• what are the structural features of neurons?
• structurally, what are the 2 types of neurons?
• what glial cell types are found in the CNS?
• what glial cell types are found in the PNS?

White Matter

• why is it called ‘white’ matter?
• what is white matter called in the CNS vs PNS?
• where is white matter found in the CNS?

Grey Matter

• what is grey matter called in the CNS vs PNS?