Summary
It can be shown that the so-called “cross membrane” in the node ofRanvier, which occurs only in the specialized circumstances of low condensor aperture, does not really exist. It is interpreted as a kind ofBecke line.
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Lüthy, H. Optische Interpretation der Quermembran im Ranvierschen Schnürring. Experientia 6, 381–382 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02178935
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