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What are gaps in the myelin sheath along the axon?

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What are the gaps in a myelin sheath called?
node of Ranvier
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The myelin sheath that surrounds a single long axon leaves many gaps called?
nodes (: I do not disagree with that answer, but I just want to point out that the nodes have a special name. They are called Nodes of Ranvier, named after the man that discovered them (so Ranvier is...