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Engineer · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

What is the main function of myelin?

a) To connect the end of an axon to the terminal buttons.
b) Myelin consists of a bilayer of continuous sheets of phospholipids that separate two fluid environments.
c) To pass information from the axon across the synapse in the form of a neurochemical message.
d) Myelin speeds the rate of information transfer in neurons and ensures that the message gets to the end of the axon.
e) None of the above is a function of myelin.

Question 2

Golgi staining is done through soaking tissue in ___________, making stained neurons appear a dark colour.

a) lithium hydroxide
b) silver chromate
c) radium hydroxide
d) potassium alkalis
e) magnesic acid