CNS Trauma Cellular Response to Injury

Question 1

Loss of blood flow or “red neuron” usually referred to as:

Answer 1

“degeneration” or neuron loss, often seen in infarction

Question 2

Herpes is associated with what type of inclusion bodies?

Answer 2

Cowdry bodies, “Owl’s eye” appearance

Question 3

Rabies is associated with what type of inclusion bodies?

Answer 3

Negri bodies

Question 4

Astrocyte proliferation is referred to as:

Answer 4

Gliosis

Question 5

Hypertrophic astrocytes are referred to as:

Answer 5

Gemistocytic

Question 6

Benign “pearly” astrocytes associated with aging:

Answer 6

Corpora amylacea

Question 7

Two glial cells that don’t react much to injury:

Answer 7

Oligodendrocytes–can die in demyelinating disorders

Ependymal cells

Question 8

Glial cells that basically proliferate as macrophages after injury:

Answer 8

microglia