spongioblast /spon·gio·blast/ (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
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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