Which of the following parts of a neuron is covered by fatty sheath? |
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a) |
Axon |
b) |
Cyton |
c) |
Dendrite |
d) |
Node of Ranvier |
Which of the following parts of a neuron is covered by fatty sheath? |
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a) |
Axon |
b) |
Cyton |
c) |
Dendrite |
d) |
Node of Ranvier |
(a)
Neuron or nerve cell is the longest cell and and forms unit of nervous tissue.
Neurons consists of two main parts:
(i)Main body, which has cell organelles like nucleus, cyton.
(ii)Long process, known as axon, which conducts impulse away from the cell body and remains covered by a fatty sheath known as myelin sheath.
Dendrites are processes that arise from the cell body.