After Examining a Patient with a Neurological Disorder That Interferes

question 15

Multiple Choice

After examining a patient with a neurological disorder that interferes with walking, a neurologist determines that a Mycoplasma bacterium is causing the destruction of the myelin sheath around the axons in the patient's peripheral nerves.What specific cell type is affected in this patient?

• A) Oligodendrocytes
• B) Astrocytes
• C) Neurons of the peripheral nervous system
• D) Schwann cells
• E) Microglia

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