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MCAT Bio Nerve and Muscle

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Saltatory Conduction
When the nerve impulse seems to jump from node to node along the axon.
Nodes of Ranvier
Interruptions in the myelin sheath
Oligodendrocytes
Glial Cells in the Central Nervous System
Schwann Cells
Glial Cells in the Peripheral Nervous System
Mast Cells
Release Histamines
Osteoblasts
specialized fibroblast cells that secret collagen
Chondrocyte
specialized fibroblast cell that secretes cartilage.
Glial Cell
Deposits myelin sheath on unmyelinated nerves.
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