Structural Organisation In Animals Question 524
Question: Schwann cells and Node of Ranvier are found in [CPMT 1976; DPMT 1993; BHU 2003]
Options:
A) Nervous tissue
B) Osteoblast
C) Chondrioblast
D) Gland cells
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Answer:
Correct Answer: A
Solution:
Nervous tissue present in the nervous system, like brain, spinal cord and ganglia.
Nerve fibres consists typically of a central core (axon) surrounded by a tubular myelin sheath.
In peripheral nerve fibre the myelin sheath is interrupted at regular intervals; these interruptions constitute the node of Ranvier.