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Yes. You are right. White matter of brain is mainly composed of myelin sheaths, which surround the axons and gray matter is composed of nerve cell bodies.
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What increases the speed of the transmission?
Myelin Sheath Myelin Sheath
how does white matter get its name?
it contains myelin sheath which is a fatty white substance
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 substance is responsible for the white appearance of white matter?
The Myelin Sheath around the axon
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 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
State the structure of neurons which reduces leakage of impulses?
Myelin sheath, which is only found on long axons (white matter), not on short cortical neurons (grey matter).
