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What does ependyma mean?

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  1. (anatomy) A thin epithelial membrane lining the ventricular system of the brain and the spinal cord
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Supporting cells of the nervous system include the capsule or satellite cells of peripheral ganglia, ependyma, neuroglia, and Schwann cells.
After the ependyma covering its ventricular surface is stripped away, the elongated caudate nucleus is exposed.
The adjacent cerebral parenchyma and overlying ependyma revealed no discrete inflammation or vasculitis.
These include the respiratory epithelium of the airways, the embryonic node, and the ependyma of the brain ventricles.

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