The myelin sheath:
A) is a protein covering around dendrites.
B) is responsible for integrating information.
C) is a fatty covering only around axons.
D) stores neurotransmitters in the axon.
E) is a fatty covering only around cell bodies.

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The myelin sheath is a fatty covering that insulates axons, not dendrites or cell bodies, to speed up the transmission of electrical signals along the nerve cells.

The Myelin Sheath