The cells that are thought to enable myelination to take place are called Glial Cells, which wrap themselves around the axions in a spiral fashion. This creates a sheath, or insulation, around the axion. It is often referred to as 'White Matter'.
These cells are called Schwann cells. They lay down the myelin so that the axon is not short circuited and the space between the cells (Nodes of Ranvier) allow for very rapid movement as the action potential "jumps" from one node to the next.
Neurolemmocytes. No, right answer is Schwann cells.
Schwann cells. Oligodendrocytes used for CNS
Schwann cell
The oligodendrocyte.
The myelin sheath wraps around the around the axon of a neuron. The gaps of the myelin sheath are not insulated and are therefore capable of generating electrical activity.
Sometimes, depending on the type and function of the neuron, and when it does, it will be on the AXON of the neuron, not the whole neuron. The AXONS of grey matter in the brain do NOT have a coating, but white matter in the brain DOES, as do longer axons in the peripheral nervous system. The Myelin Sheath which coats white matter in the brain is made up of glial cells called oligodendrocytes, and the myelin sheath around peripheral nerve cells are called Schwann cells.
That substance is called the myelin cell or myelin sheath.
The fatty tissue surrounding the axon of a neuron is called myelin.
Myelin sheath insulates axons for speedier signaling
Neural impulses (action potentials) are transmitted through axons which are covered in a myelin sheath for insulation.
The myelin sheath wraps around the around the axon of a neuron. The gaps of the myelin sheath are not insulated and are therefore capable of generating electrical activity.
Sometimes, depending on the type and function of the neuron, and when it does, it will be on the AXON of the neuron, not the whole neuron. The AXONS of grey matter in the brain do NOT have a coating, but white matter in the brain DOES, as do longer axons in the peripheral nervous system. The Myelin Sheath which coats white matter in the brain is made up of glial cells called oligodendrocytes, and the myelin sheath around peripheral nerve cells are called Schwann cells.
That substance is called the myelin cell or myelin sheath.
Myelin sheath
multiple scerlosis
The Myelin sheath is fat and white and wraps around the fastest axons.
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.
The fatty tissue surrounding the axon of a neuron is called myelin.
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Myelin is a fatty sheath around axons found in the peripheral nervous system.
In the fatty myelin sheath there are gaps between the axons. The myelin sheath gaps are referred to as the nodes of Ranvier.