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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
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- autonomic ganglion any of the ganglia of the autonomic system whose unmyelinated fibers innervate the internal organs
- postganglionic beyond or distal to a ganglion (referring especially to the unmyelinated fibers that originate from cells in autonomic ganglia)
- neuroglial cell a cell of the neuroglia
- oligodendria tissue consisting of glial cells with sheetlike processes that form the myelin sheath of nerve fibers
- glial of or relating to neuroglia
- microgliacyte a cell of the microglia that may become phagocytic and collect waste products of nerve tissue