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myelin sheath
noun Anatomy.
a wrapping of myelin around certain nerve axons, serving as an electrical insulator that speeds nerve impulses to muscles and other effectors.
Origin:
1895–1900
1895–1900
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Myelin sheath
is always a great word to know.
So is intrinsic. Does it mean:
| belonging to or lying within a given part of certain muscles or nerves |
| a network of cells and cell-forming tissue that protects the body from pathogens, destroys infected, malignant cells, and removes cellular debris |
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myelin sheath n.
The insulating envelope of myelin that surrounds the core of a nerve fiber or axon and that facilitates the transmission of nerve impulses, formed from the cell membrane of the Schwann cell in the peripheral nervous system and from oligodendroglia cells. Also called medullary sheath.
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