许旺细胞

許旺細胞

Xǔwàngxìbāo

noun

Meanings

1 Schwann cell
2 neurolemmocyte (peripheral nerve glial cell that forms myelin)

Characters

(transliteration of 'Sch-')

(transliteration of '-wann')

Examples

许旺细胞包裹着周围神经的轴突。

Xǔwàngxìbāo bāoguǒ zhe zhōuwéi shénjīng de zhóutū.

Schwann cells wrap around the axons of peripheral nerves.

许旺细胞分泌髓鞘，加快神经信号的传导。

Xǔwàngxìbāo fēnmì suǐqiào, jiākuài shénjīng xìnhào de chuándǎo.

Schwann cells secrete the myelin sheath, speeding up nerve signal conduction.

Tips

history

Named after German physiologist Theodor Schwann (1810-1882), who in 1838 co-formulated cell theory and identified these glial cells. 许旺 (Xǔwàng) is a phonetic transcription of 'Schwann'.

memory

许 (Xǔ) sounds roughly like the 'Sch-' in Schwann; 旺 (wàng) covers '-wann'. So 许旺 = Schwann phonetically.

Stroke Order

许 xǔ

旺 wàng

细 xì

胞 bāo