neurilemma

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neurilemma
n. (Anatomy) layer covering the neuraxon, membrane surrounding the nerve fiber (also neurilema)

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Neurolemma
Neurolemma (also known as neurilemma or sheath of Schwann (Schwann's Sheath)) is the outermost nucleated cytoplasmic layer of Schwann cells that surrounds the axon of the neuron. It forms the outermost layer of the nerve fiber in the peripheral nervous system.

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neurilemma

Noun
1. thin membranous sheath around a nerve fiber
(synonym) neurolemma
(hypernym) sheath, case
(part-holonym) nerve fiber, nerve fibre


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Neurilemma
(n.)
The perineurium.
  
 
(n.)
The delicate outer sheath of a nerve fiber; the primitive sheath.
  

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