Neuroglial Cells

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Oligodendrocytes?

Create myelin sheaths that protect CNS neurons

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Microglial Cells?

  • Moves like an ameba

  • Provides immune system support by using phagocytosis to remove pathogens

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Astrocytes?

  • Forms part of the blood-brain barrier

  • Most common type

  • Have numerous processes that support neurons and connect them to rich capillaries

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Ependymal Cells?

Line brain ventricles and central canal of spinal cord

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Schwann cells?

  • Creates myelin sheaths around axons in the PNS 

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Satellite cells

  • Enclose cell bodies of peripheral neurons and regulate their internal environment

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Ependymal Cell

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Astrocytes

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Oligodendrocytes

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Satellite Cells

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Microglia

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Schwann Cell

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