Schmidt-Lanterman incisure
Schmidt-Lanterman incisure
(shmĭt′-)n.
Any of the funnel-shaped breaks in the myelin sheath of nerve fibers, each corresponding to strands of cytoplasm that separate the two membranes composing the myelin sheath. Also called Lanterman's incisure.
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