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Myelin sheaths are located around the nerve cells. In central as well as peripheral nervous system.
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What insulates nerve fibers?
Myelin sheaths insulate nerve fibers
What is the gap called that separates the myelin sheaths?
The gap that separates the mylene sheaths is the axon.
Is it becaue they are large with thick myelin sheaths?
Your question is not complete. There is not enough information. What are you referring to as "they". Some nerve fibers have thick myelin sheaths and some don't.
The speed of impulse conduction along an axon may be increased by?
By myelin sheath.
What is important in building myelin sheaths and cell membranes?
fats
Does myelin sheaths slow down nerve impluses?
No, a myelin sheath speeds up the rate of nerve transmission.
What features of nerves improve impulse conduction velocity?
myelin sheaths
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.
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.
Which neuroglial cell is responsible for the production of myelin sheaths around axons in the central nervous system?
Oligodendrocyte; processes of the oligodendrocytes form the myelin sheaths around the CNS nerve fibers
Does a nervous breakdown affect the myelin sheaths?
No. It does not. It can not. It neither affect the neurons also.
What are progressive destruction of myelin sheaths in the central nervous system is called?
MS
