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the PNS cell that myelinates axons

very active phagocytes

line hollow spaces of brain and spinal cord, help produce and circulate CSF

The outside of a Schwann Cell with all the cytoplasm and organelles

the axon space between Schwann cells

the CNS cell that myelinates axons

Use perivascular feet to anchor neurons and blood vessels, regulates brain extracellular environment, and facilitates blood-brain barrier

PNS neuroglial cell believed to enclose and support cell bodies of neurons (however, precise function unknown)

protects and insulates the axons and speeds up conduction of action potentials

oligodendricytes

microglial cells

Satellite cells

myelin sheath

neurilemma

Node of Ranvier

Schwann Cells

Ependymal cells

astrocytes