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kaid0807

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on: Jun 22, 2018
Glial cells whose function most closely resembles that of the immune system are called ____.
 
  a. oligodendrocytes
  b. Schwann cells
 c. microglia
 d. radial glia

Question 2

____ in the brain and spinal cord and ____ in the periphery are specialized types of glia that build the myelin sheaths that surround neurons.
 
  a. Oligodendrocytes; Schwann cells
  b. Schwann cells; oligodendrocytes
  c. Microglia; oligodendrocytes
 d. Radial glia; Schwann cells


Leostella20

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

a


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