Meaning | tissue consisting of glial cells with sheetlike processes that form the myelin sheath of nerve fibers. |
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Synonym | oligodendria |
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Part of | medullary sheath, myelin sheath | A layer of myelin encasing (and insulating) the axons of medullated nerve fibers |
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Parts | oligodendrocyte | A cell of the oligodendroglia |
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Broader | neuroglia, glia | sustentacular tissue that surrounds and supports neurons in the central nervous system |
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Spanish | oligodendria, oligodendroglia |
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Catalan | oligodendria, oligodèndria, oligodendroglia, oligodendròglia |
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