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joblessjake

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on: Jun 22, 2018
What type of glia helps to synchronize the activity of axons?
 
  a. oligodendrocytes
  b. astrocytes
 c. radial glia
 d. Schwann cells

Question 2

Glial cells ____.
 
  a. are less numerous than neurons in the human brain.
 b. transmit information over long distances within the central nervous system.
  c. occupy about ten times more space in the brain than do neurons.
 d. are smaller but more numerous than neurons in the human brain.


peter

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

b

Answer to Question 2

d


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