Satellite cells (glial)

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Satellite cells (syn: mantlecells or amphicytes) are flattened schwann cells, a type of glial cell, lining the exterior surface of neurons in the peripheral nervous system. Satellite cells also surround neuron cell bodies within ganglia. They are thought to have a similar role to astrocytes in the central nervous system (CNS). They supply nutrients to the surround neurons and also have some structural function.

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• Organology at UC Davis Nervous/pns/ganglion2/ganglion1 - "PNS, sensory ganglion (EM, Medium)"
• Histology at OU 4_05 - "Dorsal root ganglion"
• c_18/12224938 at Dorland's Medical Dictionary
• Histology at BU 04602loa - "Nervous Tissue and Neuromuscular Junction: parasympathetic ganglion, cell bodies"
• Histology at BU 04402loa - "Nervous Tissue and Neuromuscular Junction: dorsal root ganglion, primary sensory neurons"
• Histology at USC nerv/c_25