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microglia

glial cell located throughout the brain and spinal cord
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microglia

Summary

microglia is a cell type[1]. microglia draws 992 Wikipedia views per month (cell_type category, ranking #41 of 335).[2]

Key Facts

  • microglia's instance of is recorded as cell type[3].
  • microglia is a type of macrophage[4].
  • microglia is a type of neuroglia[5].
  • microglia is a type of central neuroglial cell[6].
  • microglia is part of central nervous system[7].
  • microglia's Commons category is recorded as Microglia[8].
  • microglia's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'microglia'}[9].
  • microglia's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'microgliocytus'}[10].
  • microglia's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C12616[11].
  • microglia's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Zika Corpus[12].

Body

Definition and Type

microglia's instance of is recorded as cell type[3]. Recorded subclass of include macrophage[4], neuroglia[5], and central neuroglial cell[6].

Use and Application

microglia is part of central nervous system[7].

Why It Matters

microglia draws 992 Wikipedia views per month (cell_type category, ranking #41 of 335).[2] microglia has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] microglia is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Human cell type diversity, evolution, development, and classification with special reference to cells derived from the neural crest. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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