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Node of Ranvier
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The speed of impulse conduction along an axon may be increased by?
By myelin sheath.
Where are the nodes of a neuron located?
Between myelin segments surrounding the axon The axon of a neuron is the single long fibre which caries impulses away from the cell body. It is surrounded by a fatty layer, the myelin sheath, produced by Schwann cells arranged along the length of the axon. The gaps between the myelin sheath cells are called nodes of Ranvier. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axon for more information and a diagram. easy answer between the myelin segments surrounding the axon b. between myelin segments surrounding the axon
The layer of lipid around an axon is called?
Myelin sheath
It insulates the axon of the neuron?
An insulating layer that surrounds the axon is a myelin sheath.
What purpose does the myelin covering an axon serve?
insulating sheath that speeds up the transmission of impulses along an axon
What is the purpose of myelin sheath?
This is a process that occurs in the CNS and PNS with axons. In the CNS oligodendrocytes surround the axons and in PNS schwann cells surround the axons. the myelin sheath will increase the speed of nervous conduction along the axon.
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 the sheath do around the axon?
Protects the axon. The "Myelin Sheath" serves as an insulator to protect nerves.
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.
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.
What part of the neuron is sometimes myelinated?
Myelin Sheath is basically fat-containing cells that insulates the neurons from any electric impulses that travel along the nerves and makes sure that the impulses do not jump between close nerves
What makes myelin in the CNS and PNS?
CNS: oligodendrocytes make the myelin, they cooperate in the formation of a myelin sheath along the axon, this is the process of myelination. Each oligodendrocyte produces segments of several axons.PNS: schwann cells make the myelin, each schwann cell can myelinate one segment of a single axon and they work together ot form the myelin sheath.
