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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.
how does white matter get its name?
it contains myelin sheath which is a fatty white substance
What is the fatty substance that speeds up transmission of impulses and surrounds the axon of a neuron?
The fatty tissue surrounding the axon of a neuron is called myelin.
What is axonal substance called?
Myelin is a fatty sheath around axons found in the peripheral nervous system.
what is the covering of a fatty material that speeds up the passage of a nerve impulse?
The fatty tissue is called the myelin sheath (or just myelin), the part of the neurone it covers is the axon.
Where are nodes of ranvier found?
In the fatty myelin sheath there are gaps between the axons. The myelin sheath gaps are referred to as the nodes of Ranvier.
What kind of a coating do axons have?
Axons are coated in a fatty substance called myelin - a "myelin sheath". It insulates and protects the cell body of neurones. The myelin doesn't completely coat the axon: there are small gaps between the myelin, called the nodes of Ranvier.
In a typical neuron sheaths of fatty tissue are called?
In a typical neuron, sheaths of fatty tissue are called the Myelin sheath. The myelin sheath surrounds parts of the axon of a nerve cell which speeds up neurotransmitters.
What part of a neuron is often encased by a fatty myelin sheath?
It is located on the axon
What is the fatty tissue that helps the impulse move faster as they travel from cell to cell?
The Myelin sheath
What increases the speed of the transmission?
Myelin Sheath Myelin Sheath
What are schwann cell nucleus'?
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