| Term: | granular layer corpus cerebelli oligodendrocyte |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | granular layer corpus cerebelli |
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| Definition: | Portion of tissue which is the innermost layer of the corpus cerebelli and consists of small granule cells and larger Golgi cells. The granule cell receive excitatory input from the mossy fibers, and send parallel fibers to the molecular layer where they synapse with Purkinje cell dendrites. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000358] |
| Name: | oligodendrocyte |
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| Synonyms: | oligodendroglia |
| Definition: | A class of large neuroglial (macroglial) cells in the central nervous system. Form the insulating myelin sheath of axons in the central nervous system. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009076] |