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neuroglia

[ noo-rog-lee-uh, nyoo- ]

noun

Anatomy, Cell Biology.
  1. a class of cells in the brain and spinal cord that form a supporting structure for the neurons and provide them with insulation.


neuroglia

/ ʊˈɒɡɪə /

noun

  1. another name for glia
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • Ա·Dzl· Ա·Dzl· adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of neuroglia1

1870–75; neuro- + Late Greek í glue
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Unlike neurons, which earned their starring roles in neuroscience as soon as researchers demonstrated what they did, neuroglia didn’t get much respect until more than a century after their discovery.

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The solid teratomata, with all varieties of connective tissue, as fibrous tissue, fat tissue, cartilage, bone, neuroglia, in addition to nerves, muscle, and vessels.

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With the exception of these last cells the object of the neuroglia cells is to insulate nerve fibrils and cells from one another.

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A part of the mass of gray matter also consists of the neuroglia which surrounds the nerve cells and fibers, and a network of blood vessels.

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If these theories be true, what, it may be asked, is the agency that causes the dendrites to contract or the neuroglia cells to expand?

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