Human Biology, 14 Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 1-25924-574-8
ISBN 13: 978-1-25924-574-9

Chapter 14 - Assess - Page 308: 2

Answer

2. ANS: a.--- oligodendrocytes

Work Step by Step

Insulating coats are laid over nerve fibers in CNS as well as in the CNS. In both cases this function is carried out by supporting cells of the nervous system --neuroglia. In the CNS the melinating neuroglia are called oligodendrocytes. In the peripheral nervous system (PNS), the myelinating cells are called Schwann cells or neurilemma.
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