Ependyma

Ependyma
Section of central canal of the spinal cord, showing ependyma and glia
Photomicrograph of normal ependymal cells at 400× magnification in human autopsy tissue
Identifiers
MeSH	D004805
TA98	A14.1.00.022
TA2	5368
FMA	242791
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

The ependyma is the thin neuroepithelial (simple columnar ciliated epithelium) lining of the ventricular system of the brain and the central canal of the spinal cord.^[1] The ependyma is one of the four types of neuroglia in the central nervous system (CNS). It is involved in the production of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), and is shown to serve as a reservoir for neuroregeneration.