Glioblast

A glioblast is a type of cell derived from neuroectoderm and with the ability to differentiate into several different types of neuroglia.

It comes from a precursor (spongioblast). However, the latter may also differentiate in ependymoblast.

The glioblast will differentiate in astrocyte and oligodendrocyte.Tumor is called glioblastoma- fairly common

See also

• Glioblastoma multiforme

• List of human cell types derived from the germ layers

References

• This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)