As nouns the difference between axon and neurolemma
is that axon is axon while neurolemma is (neurology) the outermost nucleated cytoplasmic layer of schwann cells that surrounds the axon of the neuron.
axon
English
Alternative forms
* axone
Noun
(
en noun)
(cytology) A nerve fibre which is a long slender projection of a nerve cell, and which conducts nerve impulses away from the body of the cell to a synapse.
Derived terms
* axonal
* axonic
* axotomy
* axotomize
* axonopathy
See also
* dendrite
* neuron
* synapse
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neurolemma
English
Noun
(en-noun)
(neurology) the outermost nucleated cytoplasmic layer of Schwann cells that surrounds the axon of the neuron.
Synonyms
* neurilemma
* sheath of Swann