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What is a myelin sheath?

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A Meylin Sheath increases the speed of the nerve impulses and electronically insulates the fibers from one to another.

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A disease that affects the myelin sheath?
Multiple sclerosis affects the myelin sheath.
What does the myelin sheath do?
The myelin sheath insulates nerve axons so that nerve impulses do not leak out.
What is the relationship of the endoneurium to the myelin sheath?
The endoneurium surrounds and protects the myelin sheath.
What is the myelin sheath made of?
they are made of schwann cells
Gaps in a myelin sheath?
Nodes of Ranvier

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