neuroglia

type of cells in nervous system
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neuroglia

Summary

neuroglia is a cell type[1]. neuroglia ranks in the top 7% of cell_type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,118 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • neuroglia's instance of is recorded as cell type[3].
  • neuroglia is a type of cell[4].
  • neuroglia is a type of set of cells[5].
  • neuroglia is a type of neural cell[6].
  • neuroglia's Commons category is recorded as Glia[7].
  • neuroglia comprises astrocyte[8].
  • neuroglia comprises oligodendrocyte[9].
  • neuroglia comprises microglia[10].
  • neuroglia comprises ependymal cell[11].
  • neuroglia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Glial cells[12].
  • neuroglia's anatomical location is recorded as central nervous system[13].
  • neuroglia's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • neuroglia's has effect is recorded as myelin sheath[15].
  • neuroglia's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C12615[16].

Body

Definition and Type

neuroglia's instance of is recorded as cell type[3]. Recorded subclass of include cell[4], set of cells[5], and neural cell[6].

Use and Application

Components include astrocyte[8], a cell type[17]; oligodendrocyte[9], a cell type[18]; microglia[10], a cell type[19]; and ependymal cell[11], a cell type[20].

Influence

Things named for neuroglia include 4967 Glia[21], an asteroid[22].

Why It Matters

neuroglia ranks in the top 7% of cell_type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,118 views/month).[2] neuroglia has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] neuroglia is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

Entities named for neuroglia include 4967 Glia[21], an asteroid[22].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [21] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has effect myelin sheath
    Instance of cell type
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) 2256365
    Instance of
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007565533805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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