Which about the blood-brain barrier is false? it provides a functional barrier between blood and interstitial fluid in the brain makes blood capillaries highly selective but still permeable foot processes from astrocytes contribute gap junctions exist between endothelial cells of the capillaries numerous membrane carriers and transporters are in endothelial cell apical and basal membranes
Which about the blood-brain barrier is false? it provides a functional barrier between blood and interstitial fluid in the brain makes blood capillaries highly selective but still permeable foot processes from astrocytes contribute gap junctions exist between endothelial cells of the capillaries numerous membrane carriers and transporters are in endothelial cell apical and basal membranes
Human Anatomy & Physiology (11th Edition)
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Which about the blood-brain barrier is false?
it provides a functional barrier between blood and interstitial fluid in the brain
makes blood capillaries highly selective but still permeable
foot processes from astrocytes contribute
gap junctions exist between endothelial cells of the capillaries
numerous membrane carriers and transporters are in endothelial cell apical and basal membranes
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What is the purpose of the blood-brain barrier?
keep oxygen levels high within the brain
keep glucose levels high within the brain
cushion the brain during physical impact
keep neurohormone levels high within the brain
protect the brain from harmful substances in the blood
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Which are associated with gray matter?
myelinated axons
neuronal cell bodies
signals carried up and down the spinal cord
nuclei in the brain
both B and D
O O O O O
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Neural tissue has minimal extracellular matrix. Which is/are involved in this support and protection of neural tissue? (select all that apply)
cerebrospinal fluid
the meninges
glial cells
outer casing of bone
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