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The fatty insulating layer around some nerve axons is the:

  • A myelin sheath
  • B cell wall
  • C outer capsule
  • D tissue cortex

Correct answer: A. myelin sheath

Explanation: The myelin sheath insulates the axon and speeds impulse conduction.

Concept context

The four basic animal tissue types (epithelial, connective, muscular, neural) and the cockroach as a model organism for organ-system level organisation.

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