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Which type of cells form a lining within the neural tube and the ventricles of the brain?
Which type of cells form a lining within the neural tube and the ventricles of the brain?
- Neurons
- Epithelial cells
- Glial cells
- Ependymal cells (correct)
What is the role of certain ependymal cells equipped with cilia?
What is the role of certain ependymal cells equipped with cilia?
- Propelling cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) (correct)
- Producing cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
- Connecting with nerve fibers
- Forming a basal lamina foundation
How do ependymal cells connect at their apical ends?
How do ependymal cells connect at their apical ends?
- Through tight junctions and zonula adherens (correct)
- Through nerve fibers and processes
- Through the neuropil
- Through a basal lamina foundation
