Noun(1) 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(2) sustentacular tissue that surrounds and supports neurons in the central nervous system(3) glial and neural cells together compose the tissue of the central nervous system
Noun(1) 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(2) sustentacular tissue that surrounds and supports neurons in the central nervous system(3) glial and neural cells together compose the tissue of the central nervous system
(1) Small foci of immature neuroglia were present adjacent to mature neural tissue.(2) The gray matter of the spinal cord is composed of the somata of neurons plus an intricate lattice of nerve processes, and supporting cells or neuroglia .(3) Microglia are the smallest of the neuroglia , and, unlike the ectodermally derived macroglia (astrocytes and oligodendroglia), they are formed from the mesoderm.(4) Other structures, such as connective tissue fibers and neuroglia , may be impregnated.