What type of glial cell may act as a channel through which the end of a severed axon can regenerate, thus leading it to the CORRECT - destination in the peripheral nervous system?
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astrocytes; |
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Schwann cells; |
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oligodendrocytes; |
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microglia; |
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none of the alternatives are correct; |
INCORRECT - Oligodendrocytes could technically serve as channels to direct a severed axon to its destination. Other factors, however, at work in the central nervous system hinder this process.
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