Meaning | A layer of myelin encasing (and insulating) the axons of medullated nerve fibers. |
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Synonym | medullary sheath |
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Part of | medullated nerve fiber, myelinated nerve fiber | A nerve fiber encased in a sheath of myelin |
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Parts | Ranvier's nodes, nodes of Ranvier | small gaps in the myelin sheath of medullated axons |
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axolemma | Outer membrane covering an axon |
oligodendroglia, oligodendria | tissue consisting of glial cells with sheetlike processes that form the myelin sheath of nerve fibers |
Broader | sheath, case | An enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant ... / plant organ or part |
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Substances | myelin, myeline, medulla | A white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers |
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Spanish | capa de mielina, capa medular |
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