Neuroglia

phagocytize microorganisms and neuronal debris

• Astrocytes

• Microglia

• Oligodendrocytes

• Ependymal cells

Line the central cavities of the brain and spinal column,may be ciliated

• Astrocytes

• Microglia

• Ependymal

• Satellite

Most abundant, highly branched (star shaped), multiple functions

• Astrocytes

• Ependymal

• Oligodendrocytes

• Schwann cells

wrap CNS nerve fibers, forming myelin sheaths

• Ependymal cells

• Satellite cells

• Oligodendrocytes

• Schwann cells

Forms myelin sheath on peripheral nerves in the PNS

• Astrocytes

• Oligodendrocytes

• Microglia

• Schwann cells

Surround neuron cell bodies in the PNS

• Satellite cell

• Schwann cell

• Astrocyte

• Oligodendrocyte

Functional cell of the nervous system

• Neuron

• Neuroglia

Support cell of the nervous system

• Neuron

• Neuroglia