Damaged and Dying Neurons That Collect Around a Core of Amyloid

question 102

Multiple Choice

Damaged and dying neurons that collect around a core of amyloid protein produce

• A) neurofibrillary tangles.
• B) granulovacuolar bodies.
• C) synaptic nodes.
• D) neuritic plaques.

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Definitions:

Centrioles

Cylindrical cell structure that is involved in the process of cell division and in the formation of spindle fibers that separate chromosomes during cell division.

Genes

Segments of DNA that encode for proteins and determine the traits and characteristics of organisms.

Nucleosomes

Nucleosomes are the basic structural unit of DNA packaging in eukaryotic cells, composed of a segment of DNA wound around a core of histone proteins.

Histones

Small, positively charged (basic) proteins in the cell nucleus that bind to the negatively charged DNA. See nucleosomes.