{"id":3786,"date":"2017-12-23T12:22:46","date_gmt":"2017-12-23T14:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en-mol.icb.usp.br\/?page_id=3786"},"modified":"2026-08-05T16:32:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T19:32:13","slug":"9-13-nervous-tissue","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/9-13-nervous-tissue\/","title":{"rendered":"9-13 Nervous tissue"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"su-row\">\n<div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<strong>CELLS OF THE NERVOUS TISSUE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NEUROGLIA &#8211; 7<\/p>\n<p>OLIGODENDROCYTES<br \/>\n <\/strong><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-row\">\n  <div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\nThey are so called oligodendrocytes because they have fewer cell processes than the other glial cells.<br \/>\nThey perform very important functions for the functioning of the nervous tissue because axons in the central nervous system are covered by folds of oligodendrocyte cytoplasm or by their extensions and their membranes may produce myelin. In this way the oligodendrocytes protect and isolate the axons during the transmission of nervous impulses.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\" https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/9-13-A.jpg \" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brain. Metal impregnation. Low magnification.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\" https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/9-13-B.jpg \" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brain. Metal impregnation. Medium magnification.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/9-14-nervous-tissue\/\">NEXT PAGE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/9-12-nervous-tissue\/\">PREVIOUS PAGE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/9-0-nervous-tissue\/\">MENU OF THIS CHAPTER<\/a><br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3786","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3786"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23922,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3786\/revisions\/23922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}