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Category:GO:0043209 ! myelin sheath
name: myelin sheath
namespace: cellular_component
def: "An electrically insulating fatty layer that surrounds the axons of many neurons. It is an outgrowth of glial cells: Schwann cells supply the myelin for peripheral neurons while oligodendrocytes supply it to those of the central nervous system." [GOC:jl, NIF_Subcellular:sao-593830697, Wikipedia:Myelin]
synonym: "Schwann Cell Myelin Sheath" EXACT []
xref: NIF_Subcellular:sao-593830697
xref: Wikipedia:Myelin
is_a: GO:0044464 ! cell part
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- [+] GO:0043218 ! compact myelin (2)
