myelospongium

myelospongium

 [mi″ĕ-lo-spun´je-um] a network developing into the neuroglia.

my·e·lo·spon·gi·um

(mī'ĕ-lō-spŭn'jē-ŭm), The fibrocellular meshwork in the spinal cord of the embryo, from which the neuroglia is developed. [myelo- + G. spongos, sponge]