KROK 1 2012 – Question 196 · KROK (Medicine) · Histology, Cytology, and Embryology
One of sections of central nervous system has layerwise arrangement of neurocytes. Among them there are cells of the following forms: stellate, fusiform, horizontal, pyramidal. What section of central nervous system is this structure typical for?
- A. Medulla oblongata
- B. Spinal cord
- C. Hypothalamus
- D. Cerebellum
- E. Cortex of cerebrum
Hint
Several regions of the CNS have layered neurons; use the distinctive pyramidal and fusiform cell forms to decide which layered region is meant.
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