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The speed at which your nerve impulses travels is dependent on the type of fiber. On fibers that allow the nerve to travel faster can reach speeds of over 200 miles per hour.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 9y agoMyelin sheath is a covering of neurons and it does not travel.
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What is the fatty tissue that covers axons and speeds up impulses as they travel from cell to cell?
That substance is called the myelin cell or myelin sheath.
What is insulates axon so electrical signal can travel?
myelin sheath
What increases the speed of the transmission?
Myelin Sheath Myelin Sheath
What are schwann cell nucleus'?
myelin sheath peace.love.faith
What increases the speed of impulse transmission?
Myelin Sheath Myelin Sheath
It insulates the axon of the neuron?
An insulating layer that surrounds the axon is a myelin sheath.
What is myelin sheath on nerve fibers?
The endoneurium surrounds and protects the myelin sheath.
The layer of lipid around an axon is called?
Myelin sheath
What are specialized coverings of the axon?
Myelin covers the axon to protect it and help messages travel faster. Two types of cells produce myelin, the oligodendrocytes in the CNS and Schwann cells in the PNS.
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 creates myelin sheath?
Oligodendrocytes are specialized neurolgical cells that produce myelin sheath.
What is the patchy disappearance in multiple sclerosis?
the Myelin Sheath Myelin Sheath Your welcome I had to look for it
