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Protects the axon.
The "Myelin Sheath" serves as an insulator to protect nerves.
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The Schwann cell forms a myelin sheath around the?
axon of a neuron in the peripheral nervous system.Schwann cells form a myelin sheath around the Axon.
The layer of lipid around an axon is called?
Myelin sheath
What is the definition of myelin sheath?
A myelin sheath is a layer of myelin (a dielectric, or electric insulator) around the axon of a neuron.
What does myelin sheath wrap around?
The myelin sheath wraps around the around the axon of a neuron. The gaps of the myelin sheath are not insulated and are therefore capable of generating electrical activity.
What substance is responsible for the white appearance of white matter?
The Myelin Sheath around the axon
The speed of transmission in a neuron will occur fastest if the myelin sheath around the axon is?
highly concentrated
The tightly wound cell membrane around the axon forms the myelin sheath and as acts as what?
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What does the sheath do in the nerve cell?
The myelin sheath acts as a covering on the axon of a neuron just as the covering on the cord you plug into an electrical socket. If it is damaged, the current can be "short circuited" and the neuron and the axon will not function. This sheath allows impulses to travel rapidly. MS is a disease where these sheaths are damaged.
It insulates the axon of the neuron?
An insulating layer that surrounds the axon is a myelin sheath.
What is the name for the insulation covering many neurons?
Myelin sheath. This is the insulating sheath which covers most of the axon, between the Axon Hillock and Collateral branches of the Neuron.
The material surrounding the axon that increases the speed of the nerve impulse is?
there is a myein sheath which is a bit constricted inwards at regular intevals, revealing a bit of axon. the sheath between 2 of such constrictions makes up a schwann cell.
What purpose does the myelin covering an axon serve?
insulating sheath that speeds up the transmission of impulses along an axon
