neuroglia

[Pref. neuro-, and Greek glia = glue.] Anat.: The name proposed by Virchow, and generally adopted, for the supporting substance met with in the brain and spinal-cord between the nerve-fibers. Kõlliker supposed it to be retiform ti ue, and named it Reticulum. Called also Sus tentacular ti ue. neuroglia-cells, s. pl. Anat .: Small cells occurring in the neuroglia (q. v.). neu-rog-ra-phỹ, s. [Pref. neuro-, and Greek neural-axis, s. Comp. Anat.: Owen's name for the trunk of the nervous system lodged in the canal formed by the chain of the vertebræ. neural-canal, s. Anat.: The canal containing the spinal cord. neural-septum, s. Anat.: A median fascia running from the surface of the body to the transverse proce es of the vertebræ. ( Quain.)