glia

Noun
  1. 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 (synset 105474706)
    is a type of: interstitial tissue - tissue between the cells of a structure or part in plant or animal
    subtypes:
    • astroglia, macroglia - tissue consisting of large stellate neuroglial cells
    • microglia - neuroglial tissue of mesodermal origin that can become phagocytic
    • oligodendria, oligodendroglia - tissue consisting of glial cells with sheetlike processes that form the myelin sheath of nerve fibers
    has: glial cell, neurogliacyte, neuroglial cell - a cell of the neuroglia
    is a part of: central nervous system, cns, systema nervosum centrale - the portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord
    substance meronym: glioma - a tumor of the brain consisting of neuroglia
    same as: neuroglia

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