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Category:GO:0022011 ! myelination in peripheral nervous system
name: myelination in peripheral nervous system
namespace: biological_process
def: "The process in which neuronal axons and dendrites become coated with a segmented lipid-rich sheath (myelin) to enable faster and more energetically efficient conduction of electrical impulses. The sheath is formed by the cell membranes of Schwann cells in the peripheral nervous system. Adjacent myelin segments are separated by a non-myelinated stretch of axon called a node of Ranvier." [GO_REF:0000021, GOC:cls, GOC:dgh, GOC:dph, GOC:jid]
synonym: "peripheral nervous system myelination" EXACT []
is_a: GO:0032292 ! peripheral nervous system axon ensheathment
is_a: GO:0042552 ! myelination
relationship: part_of: GO:0014044 ! Schwann cell development
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<GOterm>GO:0022011</GOterm>
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