neurilemma

NOUN
  1. thin membranous sheath around a nerve fiber
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  • A nerve consists of a bundle of tubular fibers, held together by a dense areolar tissue, and inclosed in a membranous sheath -- the neurilemma. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
  • The oligodendrocyte does not form a neurilemma because its cell body does not wrap around any axons.
  • Surrounding the axis cylinder is a thick, whitish-looking layer, known as the _medullary sheath_, and around this is a thin covering, called the _primitive sheath_, or neurilemma. Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools
  • A, a medullated nerve fiber, showing the subdivision of the medullary sheath into cylindrical sections imbricated with their ends, a nerve corpuscle with an oval nucleus is seen between the neurilemma and the medullary sheath; A Practical Physiology
  • When an axon is cut the neurilemma forms a regeneration tube.
  • Where the neurilemma has been destroyed or where the axon is one lacking a neurilemma (as many are) regeneration is impossible. The Human Brain
  • Histologically, these tumors are named after the cell of origin, the Schwann cell which is also known as a neurilemmal cell, thus these tumors are also known as neurilemmomas.
  • In the cat and monkey myelin changes are prominent at the junction of the glial and neurilemmal portions of the root, which suggests increased vulnerability at that point.
  • The whole is enclosed in a thin, delicate sheath, known as neurilemma. A Practical Physiology
  • A, a medullated nerve fiber, showing the subdivision of the medullary sheath into cylindrical sections imbricated with their ends, a nerve corpuscle with an oval nucleus is seen between the neurilemma and the medullary sheath; A Practical Physiology
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