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nounsustentacular tissue that surrounds and supports neurons in the central nervous system; glial and neural cells together compose the tissue of the central nervous system
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- 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 system
- glioma a tumor of the brain consisting of neuroglia
- glial cell a cell of the neuroglia
- neurogliacyte a cell of the neuroglia
- neuropile the complex network of unmyelinated axones, dendrites, and glial branches that form the bulk of the central nervous system's grey matter and in which nerve cell bodies are embedded
- astroglia tissue consisting of large stellate neuroglial cells
- glia 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
- oligodendroglia tissue consisting of glial cells with sheetlike processes that form the myelin sheath of nerve fibers
- macroglia tissue consisting of large stellate neuroglial cells