Overview of Nerve Tissue

• Neuron cell bodies are found in the gray matter and other cell masses of the CNS while in the PNS they are in ganglia, (eg., dorsal root, autonomic).

• Collections of axons in peripheral nerves are surrounded and surrounded by connective tissue coverings (epi-, peri- and endoneuria). Axons in the white matter of the CNS are accompanied by supporting cells, i.e., glia..

• In the PNS, the predominent supportive and myelin-producing cell is the Schwann cell; in the CNS the predominant supportive and myelin-producing cells are the astrocytes and oligodendrocytes.

• Find/label each BOLD/highlighted word in the text

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