Question
Differentiate between myelinated and non-myelinated axons.

Answer

Myelinated and non-myelinated axons:
  Myelinated axons   Non-myelinated axons
1. Transmission of nerve impulse is faster. 1. Transmission of nerve impulse is slower.
2. Myelinated axon has a myelin sheath. 2. Myelin sheath is absent.
3. Node of Ranvier is present between adjacent myelin sheaths. 3. Node of Ranvier is absent.
4. Found in the brain, the spinal cord, the cranial and spinal nerves. 4. Found in autonomous and somatic neural systems.
5. Schwann cells are observed inside the myelin sheath. 5. Schwann cells are not observed inside the myelin sheath.

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