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Which of the following parts of a neuron is covered by fatty sheath?

a)

Axon

b)

Cyton

c)

Dendrite

d)

Node of Ranvier



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Which of the following parts of a neuron is covered by fatty sheath?

a)

Axon

b)

Cyton

c)

Dendrite

d)

Node of Ranvier

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Answer Key / Explanation : (a) -

(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.

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