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Animal Histology

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Talk about oligodendrocytes.

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Their cell body is characterized by a regular contour and a non-starred shape. Extensions are fewer and finer than those of astrocytes. In gray matter, the role of oligodendrocytes is essentially nutritive, whereas in white matter, they synthesize myelin; an oligodendrocyte, due to its cytoplasmic prolongations, can myelinate several axons but on a portion of their path


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