Term: peripheral nervous system myelination in peripheral nervous system
Name: peripheral nervous system
Synonyms: pns
Definition: Nervous structures including ganglia outside of the central nervous system.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000142]
Name: myelination in peripheral nervous system
Synonyms: peripheral nervous system myelination
Definition: The process in which neuronal axons and dendrites become coated with a segmented lipid-rich sheath (myelin) to enable faster and more energetically efficient conduction of electrical impulses. The sheath is formed by the cell membranes of Schwann cells in the peripheral nervous system. Adjacent myelin segments are separated by a non-myelinated stretch of axon called a node of Ranvier.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0022011]    QuickGO    AmiGO