spongioblast
[spun´je-o-blast″] 1. any of the embryonic epithelial cells developed about the
neural tube; they later become transformed, some into
neuroglial and some into
ependymal cells.
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spon·gi·o·blast
(spŭn'jē-ō-blast'), A neuroepithelial, filiform ependymal cell extending across the entire thickness of the wall of the brain or spinal cord, that is, from the internal to the external limiting membrane; spongioblasts become neuroglial and ependymal cells.
See also:
glioblast.
[spongio- + G. blastos, germ]
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spongioblast
(spŭn′jē-ə-blăst′)n. Any of the embryonic epithelial cells that give rise to the neuroglia.
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spon·gi·o·blast
(spŏn'jē-ō-blast) A neuroepithelial, filiform ependyma cell extending across the entire thickness of the wall of the brain or spinal cord (i.e., from the internal to the external limiting membrane); spongioblasts become neuroglial and ependymal cells.
See also:
glioblast[spongio- + G. blastos, germ]
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