myelin sheath
Layered membrane wraps insulate an axon in segments separated by nodes; the illustrated peripheral segments are formed by Schwann cells.
All languages
- English
- myelin sheath
- Norwegian
- myelinskjede
- Japanese
- 髄鞘 — ずいしょう — zuishō
- Korean
- 수초 — sucho
- Spanish
- vaina de mielina
- French
- gaine de myéline
- German
- Myelinscheide
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