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medullary sheath
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Noun medullary sheath has 1 sense
- medullary sheath(n = noun.body) myelin sheath - a layer of myelin encasing (and insulating) the axons of medullated nerve fibers; Array is a kind of case, sheath
has parts: axolemma, nodes of ranvier, ranvier's nodes, oligodendria, oligodendroglia
is a part of medullated nerve fiber, myelinated nerve fiber
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