NERVOUS
NEURONS TYPES
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Question
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Align along axons and provide insulating layers of myelin in the brain and spinal cord.
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microglia
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astrocytes
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ependymal cells
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oligodendrocytes
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Myelin is made by oligodendrocytes in your brain and spinal cord (your central nervous system [CNS]) and by Schwann cells in your peripheral nervous system.
Detailed explanation-2: -The central function of oligodendrocytes is to generate myelin, which is an extended membrane from the cell that wraps tightly around axons. Due to this energy consuming process and the associated high metabolic turnover oligodendrocytes are vulnerable to cytotoxic and excitotoxic factors.
Detailed explanation-3: -Oligodendrocytes provide insulation for neurons by producing a myelin sheath around axons.
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