#medullary_sheath__medullarysheath__myelin_sheath a layer of myelin encasing (and insulating) the axons of medullated nerve fibers
supertype: #sheath.natural_covering__case an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part
substance: #myelin
part of: #medullated_nerve_fiber
part: #axolemma outer membrane covering an axon
part: #Ranvier's_nodes__nodes_of_Ranvier small gaps in the myelin sheath of medullated axons
part: #oligodendroglia tissue consisting of glial cells with sheet-like processes that form the myelin sheath of nerve fibers
part: #oligodendrocyte a cell of the oligodendroglia
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