Schmidt-Lanterman incisures


Schmidt-Lan·ter·man in·ci·sures

(shmit lahn'tĕr-mahn), funnel-shaped interruptions of the major dense lines in the regular structure of the myelin sheath of nerve fibers, formerly interpreted as actual breaks in the sheath but shown by electron microscopy to correspond each to a strand of cytoplasm locally separating the two cytoplasmic aspects of the otherwise fused oligodendroglial (or, in peripheral nerves, Schwann cell) membranes composing the myelin sheath. Synonym(s): Lanterman incisures, Schmidt-Lanterman clefts

Schmidt-Lan·ter·man in·ci·sures

(shmit lahn'ter-mahn in-sī'zhŭrz) Funnel-shaped interruptions in the regular structure of the myelin sheath of nerve fibers.

Lanterman,

A.J., 19th century U.S. anatomist in Germany. Lanterman incisures - Synonym(s): Schmidt-Lanterman incisuresLanterman segments - the divisions of the nerve fiber between the Schmidt-Lanterman incisures.Schmidt-Lanterman clefts - Synonym(s): Schmidt-Lanterman incisuresSchmidt-Lanterman incisures - see under Schmidt, Henry D

Schmidt,

Henry D., U.S. anatomist and pathologist, 1823-1888. Schmidt-Lanterman clefts - Synonym(s): Schmidt-Lanterman incisuresSchmidt-Lanterman incisures - funnel-shaped interruptions in the regular structure of the myelin sheath of nerve fibers. Synonym(s): Lanterman incisures; Schmidt-Lanterman clefts