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The delicate connective tissue framework which supports the nervous matter and blood vessels of the brain and spinal cord.

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  1. n. The delicate connective tissue framework which supports the nervous matter and blood vessels of the brain and spinal cord.
  2. n. sustentacular tissue that surrounds and supports neurons in the central nervous system; glial and neural cells together compose the tissue of the central nervous system
  3. The delicate connective tissue framework which supports the nervous matter and blood vessels of the brain and spinal cord.
  4. The delicate connective tissue framework which supports thenervous matter and blood vessels of the brain and spinal cord.
  5. n. sustentacular tissue that surrounds and supports neurons in the central nervous system; glial and neural cells together compose the tissue of the central nervous system