____ in the brain and spinal cord and ____ in the periphery are specialized types of glia that build the myelin sheaths that surround neurons.
A) Oligodendrocytes; Schwann cells
B) Schwann cells; oligodendrocytes
C) Microglia; oligodendrocytes
D) Radial glia; Schwann cells

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Oligodendrocytes are responsible for myelinating neurons in the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord), while Schwann cells perform a similar function in the peripheral nervous system.

____ in the Brain and Spinal Cord and ____ in the Periphery

in the Brain and Spinal Cord and in the Periphery