Myelin incisure
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Myelin incisures (also known as Schmidt-Lanterman clefts, Schmidt-Lanterman incisures, clefts of Schmidt-Lanterman, segments of Lanterman, medullary segments) are small pockets of cytoplasm left behind during the Schwann cell myelination process.
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Myelin incisure | |
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![]() Diagram of longitudinal sections of medullated nerve fibers. (Incisure labeled at upper left.) | |
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System | Nervous system |
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TH | H2.00.06.2.03015 |
Anatomical terms of microanatomy |
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They are histological evidence of the small amount of cytoplasm that remains in the inner layer of the myelin sheath created by Schwann cells wrapping tightly around an axon (nerve fiber).