spongioblast /spon·gio·blast/ (spun´je-o-blast″)
spongioblast [spun´je-o-blast″]
1. any of the embryonic epithelial cells that develop near the neural tube and later become transformed, some into neuroglial and some into ependymal cells.
2. amacrine cell.
spon·gi·o·blast (sp n j - -bl st )n. An embryonic epithelial cell that gives rise to the neuroglia. |
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.
2. amacrine (def. 2).
spongioblast
any of the embryonic epithelial cells developed about the neural tube, which become transformed, some into neuroglial and some into ependymal cells.
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