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Medullary Sheath

A layer of myelin encasing (and insulating) the axons of medullated nerve fibers.


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The Fiber Disease

... okay, 7 to 2.3 m/sec Now, if those are myelinated: myelin sheath n. The insulating envelope of myelin that surrounds the core of a ... and, in the central nervous system, from oligodendrocytes. Also called medullary sheath." http://www.answers.com/topic/myelin-1 Okay, now.......if ...

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