Multiple Sclerosis Is a Disease in Which the Immune System

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Multiple Choice

Multiple sclerosis is a disease in which the immune system mistakenly destroys some of the myelin wrapped around nerve cell fibers.Which nerve cell fibers are being attacked by this process?

• A) synapses
• B) axons
• C) dendrites
• D) mitochondria

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