Term: peripheral nervous system myelinating Schwann cell
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Name: peripheral nervous system
Synonyms: pns
Definition: Nervous structures including ganglia outside of the central nervous system.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000142]
Name: myelinating Schwann cell
Synonyms: Schwann cells
Definition: A neuroglial cell of the peripheral nervous system which forms the insulating myelin sheaths of peripheral axons.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009135]