Associations to the word «Myelin»

Wiktionary

MYELIN, noun. (neuroanatomy) A white, fatty material, composed of lipids and lipoproteins, that surrounds the axons of nerves.
MYELIN PROTEIN ZERO, noun. (protein) the major structural protein of the peripheral myelin sheath
MYELIN SHEATH, noun. (neuroanatomy) An envelope of myelin that surrounds nerve fibres.
MYELIN SHEATHS, noun. Plural of myelin sheath

Dictionary definition

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

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