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 into an ependymoblast.

Glioblasts differentiate into astrocytes and oligodendrocytes. Its tumor is called a glioblastoma multiforme, and is the most common type of central nervous system malignancy.

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)

Development of the nervous system

General	Neural development Neurulation Neurula Notochord Neuroectoderm Neural plate Neural fold Neural groove Neuropoiesis Adult neurogenesis
Neural crest	Cranial neural crest Cardiac neural crest complex Truncal neural crest
Neural tube	Rostral neuropore Neuromere / Rhombomere Cephalic flexure Cervical flexure Pontine flexure Alar plate Basal plate Glioblast Neuroblast Germinal matrix

Ear

Otic placode
- Otic pit
- Otic vesicle

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