An electrically insulating fatty layer that surrounds the axons of many neurons. It is an outgrowth of glial cells: Schwann cells supply the myelin for peripheral neurons while oligodendrocytes supply it to those of the central nervous system.

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NIF_Subcellular:sao593830697

Wikipedia:Myelin

FMA:62983

has narrow synonym

oligodendrocyte myelin sheath

Schwann cell myelin sheath

astrocyte sheath

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cellular_component

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GO:0043209

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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go.owl

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