medullary sheath 1
noundomain: body part
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
a layer of myelin encasing (and insulating) the axons of medullated nerve fibers
Hypernym
sheath 2
noun
an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part
Substance_meronym
myelin 1
noun
a white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers
Part_meronym
axolemma 1
noun
outer membrane covering an axon
a nerve fiber encased in a sheath of myelin
small gaps in the myelin sheath of medullated axons
tissue consisting of glial cells with sheetlike processes that form the myelin sheath of nerve fibers
EnglishSubstance_holonym
myelin 1
noun
a white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers
Part_holonym
axolemma 1
noun
outer membrane covering an axon
a nerve fiber encased in a sheath of myelin
small gaps in the myelin sheath of medullated axons
tissue consisting of glial cells with sheetlike processes that form the myelin sheath of nerve fibers
