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Axon vs Neurolemma - What's the difference?

axon | neurolemma |

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 ----

    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