See Also: Schwann(dictionary)
Schwann, Theodor(medicine)
Schwann cell(medicine)
schwann cells(medicine)
sheath of Schwann(medicine)
Schwann, Theodor(encyclopedia)
Schwann's white substance(medicine)
Schwann cell unit(medicine)

Schwann (iou)



Schwann noun. L19.
[Theodor Schwann (1810-82), German physiologist.]
Anatomy.
1. sheath of Schwann, Schwann's sheath, = NEURILEMMA 2. L19.
2. Schwann cell, each of the cells which envelop the axons of peripheral nerve fibres, and form the myelin sheath when it is present; formerly spec., the parts of these cells containing the nucleus and cytoplasm. E20.
Schwa'nnoma noun, pl. -mas, -mata , Medicine a tumour (neurofibroma) derived from a Schwann cell M20.