internodal segment — the segment of a nerve fiber between two nodes of Ranvier; called also internode, internode of Ranvier, and interannular s … Medical dictionary
internodal — Between two nodes; relating to an internode. * * * in·ter·no·dal .int ər nōd əl adj lying or extending between two nodes <a Schwann cell covers one internodal segment between two nodes of Ranvier> in·ter·node int ər .nōd n * * *… … Medical dictionary
segment — 1. A section; a part of an organ or other structure delimited naturally, artificially, or by invagination from the remainder. SYN: segmentum [TA]. SEE ALSO: metamere. 2. A territory of an organ having independent function, supply, or drainage. 3 … Medical dictionary
Ranvier crosses nodes segment (internode) tactile disks — Ran·vier crosses, nodes, segment (internode), tactile disks (rahn vyaґ) [Louis Antoine Ranvier, French pathologist, 1835–1922] see under cross, disk, and node, and see internodal segment under segment … Medical dictionary
interannular segment — internodal s … Medical dictionary
Ranvier segment — internodal s … Medical dictionary
internode of Ranvier — internodal segment … Medical dictionary
Myelin sheath gap — Drawing of a peripheral nerve axon (labeled axis cylinder ), showing a node of Ranvier along with other features … Wikipedia
Nodes of Ranvier — are known as the gaps (about 1 micrometer in diameter) formed between myelin sheath cells along axons or nerve fibers. OverviewSeveral vertebrate axons are surrounded by a myelin sheath allowing rapid and efficient saltatory propagation of action … Wikipedia
segmentum — SYN: segment (1). [L. segment] s. A1 arteriae cerebri anterioris precommunicating part of anterior cerebral artery. s. A2 arteriae cerebri anterioris postcommunicating part of anterior cerebral artery. s. anterius [TA] SYN: anterior segment. s.… … Medical dictionary
