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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.
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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 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 difference between the myelin in the cns versus myelin in the pns?
PNSCNSContinue along a single axonCoil around multiple axonsProduced by schwann cellsProduced by oligodendrocytesRegenerativeNon-regenerative
What cells make up the mylin sheath?
There are two cells that are involved in the myelin sheath. One type is found in the central nervous system (CNS) and the other is in the peripheral nervous system (PNS).These are the oligodendrocytes (CNS) and Schwann cells (PNS).
Does oligodendrocytes serve the same purpose in the central nervous and periphial nervous system?
No, they form myelin sheaths on axons in the CNS while schwann cells form myelin sheaths in the PNS. Hope this answers your question.
What effect will the destruction of myelin have on the signalling capability of a neuron?
I think that with the destruction of myelin (produced by Oligodendrites in the CNS or the Schwann cells in the PNS that are glial cells that speed up the signal), the signal will be slower or even lost.
Is the brain part of the CNS or the PNS?
part of the CNS
What do CNS and PNS stand for?
cns stands for the central nervous system. PNS stands for the pheriphical nervous system.
What is the name of covering of axon?
Because this is tissue from the brain (CNS), it is an oligodendrocyte which wraps around axons of neurons in the CNS to form a fatty myelin sheath. If it were PNS axons in say spinal or cranial nerves, the answer would be be Schwann cells.
What are specialized coverings of the axon?
Myelin covers the axon to protect it and help messages travel faster. Two types of cells produce myelin, the oligodendrocytes in the CNS and Schwann cells in the PNS.
What creates the myelin sheath in the PNS?
Schwann cells make the myelin sheath in the PNS. Each of the Schwann cells myelinate their own segment of the axon, they work together to make the myelin sheath.
What are the components of PNS?
PNS includes all nervous tissue outside the CNS
