Term: spinal nerve myelination in peripheral nervous system
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Name: spinal nerve
Synonyms:
Definition: Bilaterally-paired nerve connecting each segment of the spinal cord to the limbs and organs.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005662]
Name: myelination in peripheral nervous system
Synonyms: peripheral nervous system myelination
Definition: The process in which neuronal axons and dendrites become coated with a segmented lipid-rich sheath (myelin) to enable faster and more energetically efficient conduction of electrical impulses. The sheath is formed by the cell membranes of Schwann cells in the peripheral nervous system. Adjacent myelin segments are separated by a non-myelinated stretch of axon called a node of Ranvier.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0022011]    QuickGO    AmiGO
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