Vi fant 2 definisjoner av myelin sheath på engelsk.
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| myelin sheath - a layer of myelin encasing (and insulating) the axons of medullated nerve fibers | ||
| medullary sheath | ||
| sheath, case a protective covering (as for a knife or sword) | ||
| medullated nerve fiber, myelinated nerve fiber a nerve fiber encased in a sheath of myelin | ||
| axolemma outer membrane covering an axon | ||
| nodes of ranvier, ranvier's nodes small gaps in the myelin sheath of medullated axons | ||
| oligodendria, oligodendroglia tissue consisting of glial cells with sheetlike processes that form the myelin sheath of nerve fibers | ||
Substantiv |
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| myelin sheath - An envelope of myelin that surrounds nerve fibres. |