Schwann cells are a type of glial cell that keeps myelinated and unmyelinated peripheral nerve fibres intact. Schwann cells produce the myelin sheath in myelinated axons. The sheath does not follow the contours of the body.
Schwann cells are specific to the peripheral nervous system, which consists of all of the nerve cells outside of the brain and spinal cord. Schwann cells take on many of the roles that nerve cells cannot complete themselves.
Schwann cells are a type of glial cell that keeps myelinated and unmyelinated peripheral nerve fibres intact. Schwann cells produce the myelin sheath in myelinated axons. The sheath does not follow the contours of the body.
Schwann cells are specific to the peripheral nervous system, which consists of all of the nerve cells outside of the brain and spinal cord. Schwann cells take on many of the roles that nerve cells cannot complete themselves.