| myelin |
a white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers
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| myelin sheath |
medullary sheath: a layer of myelin encasing (and insulating) the axons of medullated nerve fibers
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| myelinated nerve fiber |
medullated nerve fiber: a nerve fiber encased in a sheath of myelin
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| myelinization |
the development of a myelin sheath around a nerve fiber
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| myelinated |
(of neurons) covered with a layer of myelin
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