EPENDYMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ependyma mean? 

• EPENDYMA (noun)
  The noun EPENDYMA has 1 sense:

1. thin epithelial membrane lining the ventricles of the brain and the spinal cord canal

  Familiarity information: EPENDYMA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EPENDYMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Thin epithelial membrane lining the ventricles of the brain and the spinal cord canal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("ependyma" is a kind of...):

membrane; tissue layer (a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants)

 Context examples 

The remnants of the central canal of the spinal cord represent modified ependyma left from embryonic development of the neural tube

(Ependyma and Remnants of the Central Canal of the Spinal Cord, NCI Thesaurus)

Its small cells are in close contact with the ependyma.

(Arcuate Nucleus, NCI Thesaurus)

The ependyma is a specialised epithelium lining the ventricles and central canal of the brain and spinal cord.

(Ependyma and Remnants of the Central Canal of the Spinal Cord, NCI Thesaurus)