myelinated
- adjective
- /ˈmaɪəˌlɪneɪtɪd/
- Specialized
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mielinizado
- The possibility that these changes might be attributable to fixation artifact was minimized by the observation that apparently normal myelinated axons were present in the vicinity of the abnormal axons.
It's not fully myelinated for people that don't know what that means when you're born actually don't have much myelin in your brain.
- It's not fully myelinated for people that don't know what that means when you're born actually don't have much myelin in your brain.
Examples
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The black enclosed objects are myelinated axons.
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So the white matter with those descending myelinated axons is going to be big.
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But you do see the the big bundles of myelinated axons very clearly.
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It's not fully myelinated for people that don't know what that means when you're born actually don't have much myelin in your brain.
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During the experiment, the scientists measured the speed of the nerve impulses in the myelinated fibers to confirm their hypothesis.
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The myelinated neurons in the brain allow for faster communication between different regions.
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In patients with multiple sclerosis, the loss of myelinated nerve fibers can slow down signal transmission significantly.
Synonyms
Having a fatty covering around the long part of a nerve cell so signals move faster
Antonyms
- Specialized
Nerve fibers without the fatty covering that makes signals travel faster
Compounds
- Specialized
A long thin part of a nerve that has a fatty layer that makes signals travel faster
How Myelinated
- Specialized
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
myelinated = myelinate (transparent) = myelin + ate + ed
Formed from the verb 'myelinate' plus the participial suffix '-ed', meaning 'covered with myelin' which is directly predictable from the base.
Etymology
Myelinated comes from the Greek root myel- meaning 'marrow', the soft, fatty part inside bones; this word was used because myelin is a fatty sheath. Scientists named the fatty cover around some nerve fibers myelin, so a myelinated nerve is one 'covered with myelin', which helps electrical signals move much faster.
