Neuroglial Cells

Oligodendrocytes?

Create myelin sheaths that protect CNS neurons

Microglial Cells?

• Moves like an ameba

• Provides immune system support by using phagocytosis to remove pathogens

Astrocytes?

• Forms part of the blood-brain barrier

• Most common type

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

Ependymal Cells?

Line brain ventricles and central canal of spinal cord

Schwann cells?

• Creates myelin sheaths around axons in the PNS 

Satellite cells

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

Ependymal Cell

Astrocytes

Oligodendrocytes

Satellite Cells

Microglia

Schwann Cell