Gaps in the Insulating Material That Surrounds Axons Are Known

question 89

Multiple Choice

 Gaps in the insulating material that surrounds axons are known as ____.

• A) interpeduncular nuclei
• B) nodes of Ranvier
• C) myelin synapses
• D) presynaptic terminals

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Actor-Observer Effect

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