One of the large neuroglia cells of nervous tissue. See Also: neuroglia. Syn: astroglia cell, astroglia, Cajal’s cell(2), Deiters‘ cells(2), macroglia cell, macroglia, spider cell(1).
Origin
[G. astron, star, + kytos, hollow (cell)]
Alzheimer type I astrocyte
Alzheimer type II astrocyte
fibrillary astrocyte
gemistocytic astrocyte
protoplasmic astrocyte
reactive astrocyte