A glial cell that wraps around part of the axon of a peripheral neuron, creating a myelin sheath.
Also called a neurolemma cell, present on all peripheral nerves and responsible for many functions including the promotion of nerve regeneration following injury to the nerve.
cell in the peripheral NS which makes and supports myelin See also: myelin
any cell that covers the nerve fibers in the peripheral nervous system and forms the myelin sheath
The cell in the peripheral nervous system that makes and maintains myelin.
the cell that creates insulating material of nerves. Acoustic neuromas (or, more properly, vestibular schwannomas) are made up of abnormally growing schwann cells.
A type of neuroglial cell that forms myelin sheaths around axons of peripheral nerves.
A type of glial cell that the body uses to build myelin in nerves outside the central nervous system.
Satellite cell in the PNS that is responsible for making the myelin sheath.
the cell of the peripheral nervous system that forms the myelin sheath.
Named after the German physiologist Theodor Schwann, Schwann cells are a variety of neuroglia that mainly provide myelin insulation to axons in the peripheral nervous system of jawed vertebrates. The vertebrate nervous system relies on this myelin sheath for insulation and as a method of decreasing membrane capacitance in the axon, thus allowing for saltatory conduction to occur and for an increase in impulse speed, without an increase in axonal diameter. Non-myelinating Schwann cells are involved in maintenance of axons and are crucial for neuronal survival.
