The portion of the myelin sheath in which layers of cell membrane are tightly juxtaposed, completely excluding cytoplasm. The juxtaposed cytoplasmic surfaces form the major dense line, while the juxtaposed extracellular surfaces form the interperiod line visible in electron micrographs. [ http://www.neurolex.org/wiki/sao1123256993 GOC:dgh ]

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has narrow synonym

oligodendrocyte compact myelin

Schwann cell compact myelin

has obo namespace

cellular_component

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GO:0043218

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