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Q. In which of the following tissue, Schwann cells are found?

Structural Organisation in Animals

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Neurons or nerve cells are the units of nervous tissue. They are ectodermal in origin. Each neuron has a cell body or cyton from which arise two types of fibres- dendrites and axon. Some axons are wrapped in a myelin sheath formed from the plasma membranes of specialised glial cells known as Schwann cells. Schwann cells serve a supportive and nutritive function in a neurons. These cells are named after Theodor Schwann.