{"id":1231,"date":"2015-11-25T08:21:53","date_gmt":"2015-11-25T15:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anatomycorner.com\/main\/?p=1231"},"modified":"2015-11-25T08:22:08","modified_gmt":"2015-11-25T15:22:08","slug":"neuroglial-cells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anatomycorner.com\/main\/2015\/11\/25\/neuroglial-cells\/","title":{"rendered":"Neuroglial Cells"},"content":{"rendered":"

Neuroglial cells are sometimes simply called “glia” which in Greek, means “glue.” \u00a0These cells support the neurons by providing insulation, supplying nutrients, and removing dangerous pathogens. \u00a0 Each cell of the glia can be identified on a diagram by examining the general location, attachment to other stuctures and its shape.<\/p>\n

Ependymal cells<\/strong> – these cells line create a membrane around the brain and spinal cord. \u00a0On diagrams, they are usually shown packed in a row.<\/p>\n

Astrocytes<\/strong> – \u00a0these cells connect to blood vessels and supply nutrients. \u00a0On diagrams, look for star-shaped cells that are attached to capillaries<\/p>\n

Oligodendrocytes<\/strong> – \u00a0these cells create the myelin sheaths that insulate the axon of the neuron. \u00a0To locate these cells, find the myelin and the cells will be attached to those structures.<\/p>\n

Microglial cells<\/strong> – these cells destroy pathogens and remove cellular debris. \u00a0They are often pictured as small cells, and not usually shown attached to other microglial cells.<\/p>\n

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Image Credit: \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Neuroglial cells are sometimes simply called “glia” which in Greek, means “glue.” \u00a0These cells support the neurons by providing insulation, supplying nutrients, and removing dangerous pathogens. \u00a0 Each cell of the glia can be identified on a diagram by examining the general location, attachment to other stuctures and its shape. Ependymal cells – these cells line create a membrane around the brain and spinal cord. \u00a0On diagrams, they are usually shown packed in a row. Astrocytes – \u00a0these cells connect to blood vessels and supply nutrients. \u00a0On diagrams, look for star-shaped cells that are attached to capillaries Oligodendrocytes – \u00a0these <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1232,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[201,204,199,205,198,197,203,200,202],"class_list":["post-1231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anatomical","tag-astrocyte","tag-axon","tag-cells","tag-ependymal","tag-glia","tag-microglia","tag-myelin","tag-neuron","tag-oligodendrocyte","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anatomycorner.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anatomycorner.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anatomycorner.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anatomycorner.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anatomycorner.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1231"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/anatomycorner.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1236,"href":"https:\/\/anatomycorner.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1231\/revisions\/1236"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anatomycorner.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anatomycorner.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anatomycorner.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anatomycorner.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}