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What part of a neuron is often encased by a fatty myelin sheath?
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It is located on the axon
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In a typical neuron sheaths of fatty tissue are called?
In a typical neuron, sheaths of fatty tissue are called the Myelin sheath. The myelin sheath surrounds parts of the axon of a nerve cell which speeds up neurotransmitters.
What is the fatty substance that speeds up transmission of impulses and surrounds the axon of a neuron?
The fatty tissue surrounding the axon of a neuron is called myelin.
Is myelin sheath a fatty substance?
yes, it is a fatty substance
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 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.
Where are nodes of ranvier found?
In the fatty myelin sheath there are gaps between the axons. The myelin sheath gaps are referred to as the nodes of Ranvier.
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
how does white matter get its name?
it contains myelin sheath which is a fatty white substance
What is the fatty tissue that helps the impulse move faster as they travel from cell to cell?
The Myelin sheath
What is a neuron identify the parts of the neuron and their functions?
there's the axon (the nerve) the electrical impulse goes down that and covering the axon is the myelin sheath, otherwise known as a fatty sheath which insulates and helps make the electrical impulse go faster. In between each myelin sheath there are synapses (gaps between each one) and the impulse has to cross the gap so neurotransmitters are released which bind to receptors on the other side creating another electrical impulse which makes it travel even faster.
What is axonal substance called?
Myelin is a fatty sheath around axons found in the peripheral nervous system.
What is the nervous tissue involved in multiple scoliosis?
Along the axon of a neuron there is an insulating fatty substance called the myelin sheath. With MS the myelin breaks down so the neuron/nerve loses its capability of conducting impulses. Therefore 'messages' sent via the motor nerves eventually do not reach muscles and the patient has problems controlling movement which can lead to paralysis.
