Yes, Schwann cells are responsible for producing the myelin sheath that covers the axons of peripheral neurons. This insulation helps to speed up the transmission of electrical signals along the axon.
Schwann cells in the peripheral nervous system form myelin sheaths around axons, which helps to speed up the transmission of nerve impulses. These myelin sheaths act as insulating layers that ensure efficient communication between neurons.
Schwann cells produce myelin in peripheral nerves. Schwann cells wrap around the axon of a neuron to form the myelin sheath, which helps to insulate and speed up the conduction of nerve impulses.
The specialized cells that myelinate the fibers of neurons in the peripheral nervous system are called Schwann cells. Schwann cells wrap around the axons of neurons to form the myelin sheath, which helps to insulate and protect the nerve fibers, allowing for faster and more efficient conduction of nerve impulses.
The formation of myelin sheath around the axon is called the myelinogenesis. In the peripheral nerve, the myelinogenesis starts at 4th month of intrauterine life. It is completed only in the second year after birth. Before myelinogeneis, Schwann cells of the neurilemma are very close to axolemma as in the case of unmyelinated nerve fiber. The membrane of the schwann cell is double layered. The schwann cells wrap up and rotate around the axis cylinder in many concentric layers. The concentric layers fuse to produce the myelin sheath but the cytoplasm of the cells is not deposited. Outermost membrane of Schwann cell remains as neurilemma. Nucleus of these cells remains in between myelin sheath and neurilemma. In the central nervous system, the schwann cells are absent and the myelin sheath is formed by the neuroglial cells called the oligodendroglia.
The Schwann cell forms a myelin sheath around the axon of the nerve.
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
Schwann cells are cells that surround the axons (nerve fibre) of neurons providing the myelin sheath. They are associated with neurons in the peripheral nervous system.
Schwann cells in the peripheral nervous system form myelin sheaths around axons, which helps to speed up the transmission of nerve impulses. These myelin sheaths act as insulating layers that ensure efficient communication between neurons.
In the central nervous system, neuronal axons are myelinated by oligodendrocytes. In the peripheral nervous system axons are myelinated by Schwann cells.
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Schwann cells produce myelin in peripheral nerves. Schwann cells wrap around the axon of a neuron to form the myelin sheath, which helps to insulate and speed up the conduction of nerve impulses.
The glial cells that surround the neurons produce myelin.
Oligodendrocytes produce myelin in the brain and spinal cord. This process is known as myelination and the myelin will warp itself around the neurons.
The specialized cells that myelinate the fibers of neurons in the peripheral nervous system are called Schwann cells. Schwann cells wrap around the axons of neurons to form the myelin sheath, which helps to insulate and protect the nerve fibers, allowing for faster and more efficient conduction of nerve impulses.
Schwann cells are glia that myelinate the neurons of the Peripheral Nervous System