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sessing a few short processes, and long-rayed astro- 

 cytes, having many long, slender processes. The 

 former appear among the nerve cells only, the latter 

 are found both in the gray and the white matter. 



Fig. 282. Typical neuroglia cells, from cross section of the white mat- 

 ter of the human spinal cord, stained after Benda's selective neuroglia 

 tissue staining method (Huber, "Studies on Neuroglia Tissue," 

 Vaughan Festschrift, 1903). 



Not infrequently detached processes may be found 

 and processes that can be traced directly through 

 the bodies of adjacent astrocytes. The neuroglia 

 thus forms a delicate web-like fabric that interlaces 



