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Saturday, November 7, 2009

why myelinated nervefibres are white in colour?

nervefibres.
Answer:
Myelin sheaths are made of mostly a white phospholipid.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/myelin...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/lipid...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/myelin_basi...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/myelin_olig...
its a very good quetion.i have to read anatomy book gray.
The myelin sheath is mostly made of fats.
I have seen these Nerve fibers in a human brain at my medical school specifically myelinated nerve fiber are composed of phospholipids...they are white in colour because generally fats are white in colour.

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