medullated
Americanadjective
adjective
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anatomy encased in a myelin sheath
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having a medulla
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These sensations are carried by medullated nerve fibres, and are slow to return after injury to the nerves.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
Histology of the Cerebellum.—The white centre of the cerebellum is composed of numbers of medullated nerve fibres coursing to and from the grey matter of the cortex.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
There is also an abundant plexus of fine medullated fibres within the granule layer.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
The nerve-fibre process becomes a medullated fibre of the white matter.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
Between the neurolemma and the axis cylinder is the medullated sheath, composed of a fatty substance known as myelin.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
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