Schwann cell

S0145500 (shwän, shvän)n. Any of the cells that surround the axons of the peripheral nerves, forming the myelin sheath of myelinated nerve fibers and providing support for nonmyelinated nerve fibers. Also called neurilemma.

[After Theodor Schwann.]

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n. a cell of the peripheral nervous system that wraps around a nerve fiber, jelly-roll fashion, forming the myelin sheath. [1930–35; after T. Schwann, who first described it]

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Schwann cell - any cell that covers the nerve fibers in the peripheral nervous system and forms the myelin sheathsomatic cell, vegetative cell - any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells; a cell that does not participate in the production of gametes; "somatic cells are produced from preexisting cells";

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see nervous systemnervous system,
network of specialized tissue that controls actions and reactions of the body and its adjustment to the environment. Virtually all members of the animal kingdom have at least a rudimentary nervous system.
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Schwann cell

[′shwän ‚sel] (histology) One of the cells that surround peripheral axons forming sheaths of the neurilemma.

Schwann cell

(shwän, shvän)n. Any of the cells that surround the axons of the peripheral nerves, forming the myelin sheath of myelinated nerve fibers and providing support for nonmyelinated nerve fibers. Also called neurilemma.

Schwann cell

A NEURILEMMA cell of a nerve fibre that produces the myelin sheath. (Theodor Schwann, 1810–1882, German anatomist).

Schwann cell

a type of cell occurring in the region of the nerve fibres of the peripheral nervous system of vertebrates. It produces the neurilemma which encloses the MYELIN SHEATH (see Fig. 226 ), and is found in close contact with the nerve axons between each node of Ranvier. see SCHWANN.

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noun any cell that covers the nerve fibers in the peripheral nervous system and forms the myelin sheath

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