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Macrophages in nervous system is known as:

A
Schwann cells
B
Oligodendrocytes
C
Astrocytes
D
Microglia
High-Yield Explanation
Microglia are scavenger cells that resemble tissue macrophages and remove debris resulting from injury, infection, and disease (eg, multiple sclerosis, AIDS-related dementia, Parkinson disease, and Alzheimer disease). Microglia arise from macrophages outside of the nervous system and are physiologically and embryologically unrelated to other neural cell types. Ref: Ganong's Review of Medical Physiology 23rd edition, Chapter 4.

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