<!-- wp:image {"align":"left","id":4718,"sizeSlug":"full","linkDestination":"none"} --> <figure class="wp-block-image alignleft size-full"><img src="https://daily.dmaedu.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Astrocyte.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-4718"/><figcaption>The astrocytes are cells of the glia of the central nervous system ( neuroglia ).<br>Astrocytes can be distinguished from other glial cells by their distinctive cell extensions ("rays").<br>Histological section through the cerebral cortex (gold impregnation): Astrocytes, whose processes reach up to a blood vessel.</figcaption></figure> <!-- /wp:image -->