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The four major classes of glial cells. The macroglial cells are the oligodendrocytes which form myelin sheaths around the axons in the brain, astrocytes which perform a range of functions in the formation and maintenance of neural pathways as well as housekeeping functions and the ependymal cells which play an important role in the production of cerebral spinal fluid (CSF). Macroglial cells are derived from the neural progenitor cell line. Microglia are phagocytes that serve to clear waste but they also play important roles in the maturation of neural circuits. Blausen.com staff. “Blausen gallery 2014”. Wikiversity Journal of Medicine. Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Generic license. DOI:10.15347/wjm/2014.010. ISSN 20018762. Blausen gallery 2014.