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What insulates nerve fibers?
Myelin sheaths insulate nerve fibers
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 are the membranes that cover the organs of the central nervous system called?
All of the nerves in the human body are covered in an insulating sheath called myelin.
It insulates the axon of the neuron?
An insulating layer that surrounds the axon is a myelin sheath.
What increases the speed of the transmission?
Myelin Sheath Myelin Sheath
How is the structure of the myelin sheath related to its function?
Myelin sheath is the "cover" if you like of nerves. It's structure is important in helping pass the nerve impulses along it's axon, from the body, to the terminal buttons. Long story short, a degeneration of the Myelin sheath leads to interrupted, or non existent impulses, and causes a very well known disease, called MS (multiple sclerosis)
What are schwann cell nucleus'?
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What increases the speed of impulse transmission?
Myelin Sheath Myelin Sheath
How does nicotine affect the myelin production?
Nicotine stimulates CREB phosphorylation which regulates the expression of myelin basic protein and myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein.
What is the primary function of the myelin sheath is to?
Myelin is a lipid which surrounds the axon and provides for faster and more complex neural conduction.
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 myelin sheath on nerve fibers?
The endoneurium surrounds and protects the myelin sheath.
