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... > Cells > Cellular Structures > Cell Membrane > Cell Membrane Structures > Myelin Sheath > Ranvier's Nodes
... > Nervous System > Peripheral Nervous System > Peripheral Nerves > Schwann Cells > Myelin Sheath > Ranvier's Nodes
Cells > Neuroglia > Schwann Cells > Myelin Sheath > Ranvier's Nodes
Nervous System > Neuroglia > Schwann Cells > Myelin Sheath > Ranvier's Nodes
Cells > Neuroglia > Oligodendroglia > Myelin Sheath > Ranvier's Nodes
Nervous System > Neuroglia > Oligodendroglia > Myelin Sheath > Ranvier's Nodes
Tissues > Nerve Tissue > Myelin Sheath > Ranvier's Nodes
... > Cells > Neurons > Nerve Fibers > Nerve Fibers, Myelinated > Myelin Sheath > Ranvier's Nodes
... > Nervous System > Neurons > Nerve Fibers > Nerve Fibers, Myelinated > Myelin Sheath > Ranvier's Nodes

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Ranvier's Nodes  

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Definition

  • 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.

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Synonym(s)

  • Nodes of Ranvier

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