A glial cell that myelinates or ensheathes axons in the peripheral nervous system. A myelinating Schwann cell wraps around a single axon. Myelination occurs in larger diameter axons, while a process called ensheathment occurs on smaller diameter axons in which a single cell wraps around multiple small, unmyelinated axons separating them with a thin layer of cytoplasm. The structure formed is called a Remak bundle.

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0002573

A myelinating Schwann cell wraps around a single axon. Myelination occurs in larger diameter axons, while a process called ensheathment occurs on smaller diameter axons in which a single cell wraps around multiple small, unmyelinated axons separating them with a thin layer of cytoplasm. The structure formed is called a Remak bundle.

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1980-3228

2011-03-02T01:19:27Z

MESH:D012583

BTO:0001220

CALOHA:TS-0898

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#human_reference_atlas

Schwann cell

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000010

CL:0002573

Schwann cell

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606

A glial cell that myelinates or ensheathes axons in the peripheral nervous system.

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000010

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0000125