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barry 2013
patho exam 2 cell type and function
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Nursing
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03/24/2011

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astrocytes
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CNS- maintains blood brain barrier, provide structural support, regulate ions, nutrients, and dissolved gas concentrations, absorb and recyle neurotransmittors, forms scar tissue after injury
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oligodendrocytes
Definition
CNS-myelinate CNS axons, provide structural framework
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microglia
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CNS-remove cell debris, wastes, and pathogens by phagocytosis
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ependymal cells
Definition
CNS- lines ventrals (brain) and central canal (spinal cavity, assist in producing, circulating, and monitoring of CSF
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Satellite cells
Definition
PNS- surrounds neuron cell bodies in ganglia
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schwann cells
Definition
surround all axons in PNS, responsible for myelination of peripheral axons, participates in repair of process after injury
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