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The gray matter of the spinal cord contains three non-neural cell types: the ependymal cell, the neuroglial stellate cell of short processes, and the neuroglial stellate cell of long processes.
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See also our articles on the spinal cord of birds and mammals, which contain data on the distribution of neuroglia and disposition of the ependyma.
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Fig. 202.—a, central processes of ependymal cells forming the columnar layer; b, nucleus; c, intraprotoplasmic diverticulum.
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y Cajal, S.R. (1999). Neuroglia of the Spinal Cord Gray Matter. In: Texture of the Nervous System of Man and the Vertebrates. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-6435-8_18
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