Schwann cells
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Schwann cells
(shwahn),cells of ectodermal (neural crest) origin that compose a continuous envelope around each nerve fiber of peripheral nerves; such cells are comparable with the oligodendroglia cells of brain and spinal cord; like the latter, they may form membranous expansions that wind around axons and thus form the axon's myelin sheath.
Synonym(s): neurilemma cells, neurolemma cells
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Schwann cells
(shwahn selz)Cells of ectodermal (neural crest) origin that compose a continuous envelope around each nerve fiber of peripheral nerves.
Synonym(s): neurilemma cells, neurolemma cells.
Synonym(s): neurilemma cells, neurolemma cells.
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Schwann,
Theodor, German histologist and physiologist, 1810-1882.Schwann cell unit - a single Schwann cell and all of the axons lying in troughs indenting its surface.
Schwann cells - cells of ectodermal (neural crest) origin that compose a continuous envelope around each nerve fiber of peripheral nerves. Synonym(s): neurilemma cells
Schwann tumor
Schwann white substance - the lipid material present in the myelin sheath of nerve fibers; the medulla of bones and other organs.
schwannoma - Synonym(s): neurilemoma; neuroschwannoma
sheath of Schwann - a cell that enfolds one or more axons of the peripheral nervous system. Synonym(s): neurilemma
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