The Schwann's cells finally form a thin membrane called the neurilemma (nyoo'rih-lem'uh; "nerve-skin" G), which still contains the nuclei of the original Schwann's cells. From Wordnik.com. [The Human Brain]
The whole is enclosed in a thin, delicate sheath, known as neurilemma. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
Where the neurilemma has been destroyed or where the axon is one lacking a neurilemma (as many are) regeneration is impossible. From Wordnik.com. [The Human Brain]
An axon which has degenerated through injury or disease can sometimes be regenerated, provided its neurilemma has remained intact. From Wordnik.com. [The Human Brain]
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. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
Around this bundle of neurones, that is around the nerve, is still another wrapping, silvery-white, called the neurilemma. From Wordnik.com. [The Mind and Its Education] Reference
A nerve consists of a bundle of tubular fibers, held together by a dense areolar tissue, and inclosed in a membranous sheath -- the neurilemma. From Wordnik.com. [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference
(It was Schwann who first described the neurilemma in 1839, so that it is sometimes called the "sheath of Schwann.". From Wordnik.com. [The Human Brain]
S epidermal neurilemma genetics dogs, bisection, banishment, theologiser, steinway and clientele tantamount mahlstick. From Wordnik.com. [Rational Review] Reference
As a result a rather unmusical and unpleasant memorial to the zoologist lies in the fact that a tumor of the neurilemma is sometimes called a "schwannoma."). From Wordnik.com. [The Human Brain]
It is soft in texture and devoid of neurilemma. From Wordnik.com. [IX. Neurology. 5h. The Acoustic Nerve] Reference
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