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Medullary sheath

noun
1.
A layer of myelin encasing (and insulating) the axons of medullated nerve fibers.  Synonym: myelin sheath.





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... tubes filled with a clear, jelly-like substance. They consist of a rod, or central core, continuous throughout the whole length of the nerve, called the axis cylinder. This core is surrounded by the white substance of Schwann, or medullary sheath, which gives the nerve its characteristic ivory-white appearance. The whole is enclosed in a thin, ...
— A Practical Physiology • Albert F. Blaisdell


Words linked to "Medullary sheath" :   myeline, nodes of Ranvier, myelin, myelin sheath, oligodendria, Ranvier's nodes, oligodendroglia, myelinated nerve fiber, medullated nerve fiber, axolemma, case, sheath, medulla


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