myelin sheath
Anatomy
noun
The covering of myelin found around the axons of certain nerve fibres, formed in the peripheral nervous system by Schwann cells and in the central nervous system by oligodendrocytes.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.
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