Medullary Sheath

Of case and medullated nerve fiber.   May also be referred to as myelin sheath.

A layer of myelin encasing (and insulating) the axons of medullated nerve fibers.

This concept's ID is @1~29830

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  • oligodendroglia 1 facts

    Tissue consisting of glial cells with sheetlike processes that form the myelin sheath...

  • axolemma 0 facts

    Outer membrane covering an axon.

  • Ranvier's nodes 0 facts

    Small gaps in the myelin sheath of medullated axons.

  • medulla 0 facts

    A white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve...