oligodendria
Noun
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Tissue consisting of glial cells with sheetlike processes that form the myelin sheath of nerve fibers (synset 105476175)
is a type of: glia, neuroglia - sustentacular tissue that surrounds and supports neurons in the central nervous system; glial and neural cells together compose the tissue of the central nervous systemhas: oligodendrocyte - a cell of the oligodendrogliais a part of: medullary sheath, myelin sheath - a layer of myelin encasing (and insulating) the axons of medullated nerve fiberssame as: oligodendroglia
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