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Astrocytes
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-Most abundant
-Pulls capillaries and neurons together -Guide migration of forming neurons -Soak up K and recycle neurotransmitters -Control content of interstitial fluid -Joined to others by gap junctions |
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Microglia
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-oval body, numerous projections touching neurons
-monitor health and become phagocytosis -secret cytotoxin |
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Ependymal Cells
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-flat squamous to columnar cilliated to provide motion of spinal fluid
-limits permeability -blood-brain barrier |
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Oligodendrocytes
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-send processes that wrap around nerve fibers and form myelin sheaths
-branched can wrap over many different neurons |
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Satellite Cells
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-associate with cell body of neuron
-similar to astrocytes |
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Schwann Cells
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-neurolemmocytes
-myelin sheaths of nerve fiber |
