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What is Multiple Sclerosis?

What is Multiple Sclerosis?

This exhibit shows the anterior view of a female figure affected by multiple sclerosis, a normal nerve cell, and the cross sectional view of an axon comparing an axon with normal layers of myelin sheath and an axon with damaged layers of myelin sheath. Anatomy of a normal nerve cell includes the axon terminals, axon, myelin sheath, and the cell body. The axon with damaged layers of myelin sheath is characterized by exposed fiber.