neurilemma
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noun
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Origin of neurilemma
1815–25; alteration of French névrilème (< Greek neur- neur- + eílēma covering), by association with lemma 2
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The deeply stained oblong nuclei indicate the nerve corpuscles within the neurilemma.
From A Practical Physiology by Albert F. Blaisdell
Around this bundle of neurones, that is around the nerve, is still another wrapping, silvery-white, called the neurilemma.
From The Mind and Its Education by George Herbert Betts
Surrounding the axis cylinder is a thick, whitish-looking layer, known as the medullary sheath, and around this is a thin covering, called the primitive sheath, or neurilemma.
From Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Francis M. Walters
Hemorrhages occur from the larynx, bronchial membrane, intestinal surfaces, and even into the parenchyma of the viscera, the muscles, serous membranes, periosteum, and neurilemma.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
The whole is enclosed in a thin, delicate sheath, known as neurilemma.
From A Practical Physiology by Albert F. Blaisdell
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