MEDICAL PHYSIOLOGY

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. Your peripheral nervous system is the network of nerves outside of your CNS. These nerves communicate between your CNS and the rest of your body.

Detailed explanation-2: -The myelin sheath is a greatly extended and modified plasma membrane wrapped around the nerve axon in a spiral fashion [1]. The myelin membranes originate from and are a part of the Schwann cells in the peripheral nervous system (PNS) and the oligodendroglial cells in the central nervous system (CNS) (see Chap.

Detailed explanation-3: -Myelin is made by oligodendrocytes in the central nervous system (CNS) and Schwann cells in the peripheral nervous system (PNS).

Detailed explanation-4: -Myelin sheath is produced by oligodendrocytes in CNS and Schwann cells in PNS.

Detailed explanation-5: -Many axons are surrounded by a segmented, white, fatty substance called myelin or the myelin sheath. Myelinated fibers make up the white matter in the CNS, while cell bodies and unmyelinated fibers make the gray matter. The unmyelinated regions between the myelin segments are called the nodes of Ranvier.