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muller cells
Definitions related to muller cells:
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The principal macroglial cells of the RETINA with polygonal cell body shape and having processes that span the full thickness of the retina and contact VITREOUS BODY and the sub-retinal space.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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(muller's cell) Elongated neuroglial cells extending across the thickness of the retina; serves for structural as well as nutritional support system of the retina and is similar to the astrocytes of CNS.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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