node of Ranvier
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of node of Ranvier
1880–85; after Louis-Antoine Ranvier (1835–1922), French histologist, who described it in 1878
Example Sentences
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The myelin sheath is attached to the axon by a spiral junction flanking the node of Ranvier.
From Scientific American • Mar. 12, 2020
As the myelin lifts off the axon, the amount of bare axon at the node of Ranvier increases.
From Scientific American • Mar. 12, 2020
Sodium ions that enter the cell at the initial segment start to spread along the length of the axon segment, but there are no voltage-gated Na+ channels until the first node of Ranvier.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Each gap is called a node of Ranvier and is important to the way that electrical signals travel down the axon.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
This point is known as the node of Ranvier.
From A Practical Physiology by Blaisdell, Albert F.
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