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7 What are the evolutionary advantages achieved by the myelination of neurons?
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Attack and escape. Myelinated neurons allow faster reflexes increasing chance of survival, which allows you to pass your genes on to your offspring.
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What are the evolutionary advantages achieved by the myelinatio of neurons?
Myelin allows for much faster conduction speeds. Faster is better in evolutionary terms.
What are swan cells?
Responsible for myelination of neurons.
What facilitates the rate of myelination?
The rate of myelination is facilitated by several factors. One important factor is the activity of oligodendrocytes, the cells responsible for producing myelin in the CNS. Another factor is the presence of axonal signals that trigger oligodendrocyte differentiation and myelination. Additionally, the level of neuronal activity and electrical impulses can also influence the rate of myelination.
How is contact between neurons accomplished?
Contact between neurons, as you put it, is achieved through electrical impulses towards and from your brain.
What produce myelin in the brain and spinal cord?
Oligodendrocytes produce myelin in the brain and spinal cord. This process is known as myelination and the myelin will warp itself around the neurons.
What are oligodendrocyte dominant organelles?
they are two types of glia cells. oligodendrocytes are responsible for the myelination of neurons in the central nervous system. swan cells perform the same function but in the peripheral nervous system.
Where do nerve impulses first stimulate a skeletal muscle fiber?
The motor nerve cells control the skeletal muscle
What functional advantages a neuron with several have over a neuron with only one dendrite?
These are also called multipolar neurons and they allow for the integration of a great deal of information from other neurons.
What cells are responsible for the myelination of neurons in the cns?
In the central nervous system, oligodendrocytes make the myelin sheaths around axons via cytoplasmic extensions. In the peripheral nervous system. The Schwann cells perform the same function but the entire cell wraps around a portion of the axon.
What are neurons called that detect stimuli in the skin and eye?
sensory neurons
Are neurons that relay impulses from sensory neurons to motor neurons?
Sensory Neurons
Sensory neorons and neurons are connected by-?
Sensory neurons and neurons are connected by Interneurons.
