sustentacular tissue that surrounds and supports neurons in the central nervous system; glial and neural cells together compose the tissue of the central nervous system
Type | Words |
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Synonyms | neuroglia |
Type of | interstitial tissue |
Has types | astroglia, macroglia, microglia, oligodendria, oligodendroglia |
Derivation | glial |
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