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The insulating material produced by Schwann cells is known as what?
The insulating material produced by Schwann cells is known as myelin. Myelin forms a protective covering around nerve fibers, allowing for faster transmission of nerve impulses. This insulation is critical for proper functioning of the nervous system.
An autoimmune disease which results in the destruction of myelin sheaths is called?
Multiple Sclerosis
It insulates the axon of the neuron?
An insulating layer that surrounds the axon is a myelin sheath.
What type of cells produce the myelin sheath in the central nervous system?
Oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells both produce myelin. Oligodendrocytes produce myelin in the CNS, whereas Schwann cells produce myelin in the PNS. CNS refers to central nervous system PNS refers to peripheral nervous system
What are schwann cell nucleus'?
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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.
What is the function of myelin?
Myelin is the material that covers the spinal cord. It protects the cord from damage. If the myelin wears away, then a person is said to have Multiple Sclerosis.
What is the white lipid material that insulates the axon of a neuron?
The white lipid material that insulates the axon of a neuron is called myelin. In the central nervous system, myelin is created by oligodendrocytes while in the peripheral nervous system the myelin is created by Schwann cells. The purpose of myelin is to speed up action potentials. It's important to know that the myelin does not coat the axon entirely; each sheath of myelin is separated by a gap, called a node of Ranvier. These gaps are responsible for the quick transport of action potentials, due to the fact that the potentials can "jump" from node to node rather than having to travel down the entire length of the axon (this is called saltatory conduction).
What is myelin rich in?
Myelin is the material that surrounds and protects the spinal cord, and it helps conduct information signals up and down the cord. Myelin is rich in protein.
The layer of lipid around an axon is called?
Myelin sheath
Material that provides insulation for some axons?
You may be referring to the myelin .
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 iscomposed of lipid material and covers axons?
The myelin sheath is composed of lipid material and covers axons.
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.
The insulating material produced by Schwann cells is known as what?
The insulating material produced by Schwann cells is known as myelin. Myelin forms a protective covering around nerve fibers, allowing for faster transmission of nerve impulses. This insulation is critical for proper functioning of the nervous system.
What is the sheath of a schwann cell called?
myelin sheath
What is the outermost membrane of the myelin sheath called?
Neurilemma
