Gitter cell
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A gitter cell or hortega cell is a microglial cell that is globular and swollen after having phagocytized
debris from cells destroyed pathologically in the central nervous system
. Also called compound granule cell or compound granular corpuscle.
Phagocyte
Phagocytes are the white blood cells that protect the body by ingesting harmful foreign particles, bacteria, and dead or dying cells. Their name comes from the Greek phagein, "to eat" or "devour", and "-cyte", the suffix in biology denoting "cell", from the Greek kutos, "hollow vessel". They are...
debris from cells destroyed pathologically in the central nervous system
Central nervous system
The central nervous system is the part of the nervous system that integrates the information that it receives from, and coordinates the activity of, all parts of the bodies of bilaterian animals—that is, all multicellular animals except sponges and radially symmetric animals such as jellyfish...
. Also called compound granule cell or compound granular corpuscle.