Definition of Myelinated nerve fiber

1. Noun. A nerve fiber encased in a sheath of myelin.

Exact synonyms: Medullated Nerve Fiber
Generic synonyms: Nerve Fiber, Nerve Fibre
Terms within: Medullary Sheath, Myelin Sheath

Lexicographical Neighbors of Myelinated Nerve Fiber

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myel-
myelaemia
myelatelia
myelencephala
myelencephalic
myelencephalon
myelencephalous
myelic
myelin
myelin protein zero
myelin sheath
myelin sheaths
myelinate
myelinated
myelinated nerve fiber (current term)
myelinates
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myelinations
myeline
myelines
myelinic
myelinisation
myelinization
myelinogenesis
myelins
myelitides
myelitis
myelo-

Literary usage of Myelinated nerve fiber

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Manual of histology by Henry Erdmann Radasch (1918)
"If the axone becomes invested with a myelin sheath it is then a myelinated nerve fiber such as constitute the cere- brospinal system. ..."

2. Surgical and mechanical treatment of peripheral nerves by Byron Stookey, Gotthelf Carl Huber (1922)
"Schematic drawing of myelinated nerve fiber. A segment between nodes of Ran- vier. a, Sheath of Schwann; b, node of Ranvier, cement substance; c, ..."

3. Glossary of HIV/Aids-related Terms edited by Barry Leonard (1995)
"Myelin is a soft, white, somewhat fatty material that forms a thick sheath around the protoplasmic core of myelinated nerve fiber. ..."

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