"Ranvier's Nodes" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Regularly spaced gaps in the myelin sheaths of peripheral axons. Ranvier's nodes allow saltatory conduction, that is, jumping of impulses from node to node, which is faster and more energetically favorable than continuous conduction.
| Descriptor ID |
D011901
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.637.800.500.700 A08.675.542.512.560.700 A08.800.800.690.500.700 A10.755.503.700 A11.284.149.165.760 A11.650.800.500.700 A11.671.501.512.560.700 A11.671.514.553.640
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| Concept/Terms |
Ranvier's Nodes- Ranvier's Nodes
- Nodes, Ranvier's
- Ranviers Nodes
- Nodes of Ranvier
- Ranvier Nodes
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