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Neuroglia, blood brain barrier : - Coggle Diagram
Neuroglia
Oligodendrocytes
Smaller than astrocytes
clusters round cell bodies
SNC
supportive function
form and maintain myelin
SNP
destroied in demyelinating diseases
multiple sclerosis
Astrocytes
supporting tissue
star shaped
Involve blood vessels
Blood-brain-barrier
Epenymal cells
Epithelial linning of ventricles
and central canal
form the choroid plexus
secrete CSF
Microglia
Derived from monocytes
phagocytic
non excitable
glial cells
can replicate
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blood vessel
Microglia
astrocyte
Protects brain from potencially toxic substances and chemical variations on the blood
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