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The National Library of Medicine (NLM), on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, is the world's largest medical library. The Library collects materials and provides information and research services in all areas of biomedicine and health care.
1) A fatty, axon-enwrapping sheath that serves to speed up neural conduction, formed by concentric layers of Schwann's cell (peripheral) or oligodendrocyte (CNS) membranes; loss or damage leads to severe loss of neural function, as in multiple sclerosis.
2) The lipid-rich sheath surrounding axons in both the central and peripheral nervous systems. The myelin sheath is an electrical insulator and allows faster and more energetically efficient conduction of impulses. The sheath is formed by the cell membranes of glial cells (Schwann cells in the peripheral and oligodendroglia in the central nervous system). Deterioration of the sheath in demyelinating diseases is a serious clinical problem.
3) The fatty substance that covers and protects nerves.
Industry:Health care
1) A firm partly muscular partly glandular body that is situated about the base of the mammalian male urethra and secretes an alkaline viscid fluid which is a major constituent of the ejaculatory fluid.
2) A gland in the male reproductive system just below the bladder. The prostate surrounds part of the urethra, the canal that empties the bladder, and produces a fluid that forms part of semen.
Industry:Health care
1) A firm partly muscular partly glandular body that is situated about the base of the mammalian male urethra and secretes an alkaline viscid fluid which is a major constituent of the ejaculatory fluid.
2) A gland in the male reproductive system just below the bladder. The prostate surrounds part of the urethra, the canal that empties the bladder, and produces a fluid that forms part of semen.
Industry:Health care
1) A form of gene library containing the complete DNA sequences present in the genome of a given organism. It contrasts with a cDNA library which contains only sequences utilized in protein coding (lacking introns).
2) A collection of clones made from a set of randomly generated overlapping DNA fragments representing the entire genome of an organism.
Industry:Health care
1) A form of gene library containing the complete DNA sequences present in the genome of a given organism. It contrasts with a cDNA library which contains only sequences utilized in protein coding (lacking introns).
2) A collection of clones made from a set of randomly generated overlapping DNA fragments representing the entire genome of an organism.
Industry:Health care
1) A gamete-producing reproductive gland (as an ovary or testis).
2) The part of the reproductive system that produces and releases eggs (ovary) or sperm (testicle/testis).
Industry:Health care
1) A gauge, pattern, or mold used as a guide to the form of a piece being made.
2) A molecule (as of DNA) that serves as a pattern for the synthesis of another macromolecule (as messenger RNA).
Industry:Health care
1) A gelatinous membrane, attached to the bony spiral lamina, which overlies the hair cells within the cochlea of the inner ear.
2) A membrane having the consistency of jelly that covers the surface of the organ of Corti.
Industry:Health care
1) A gelatinous membrane, attached to the bony spiral lamina, which overlies the hair cells within the cochlea of the inner ear.
2) A membrane having the consistency of jelly that covers the surface of the organ of Corti.
Industry:Health care
1) A gene mutation observed in high frequency in a specific population due to the presence of that gene mutation in a single ancestor or small number of ancestors.
2) The founder effect is the reduction in genetic variation that results when a small subset of a large population is used to establish a new colony. The new population may be very different from the original population, both in terms of its genotypes and phenotypes. In some cases, the founder effect plays a role in the emergence of new species.
Industry:Health care
