Axon
The axon, also called the nerve fiber, is the part of the nerve cell (neuron) which transmits nervous impulses. The axon leaves the nerve cell body (or soma) at an area called the axon hillock. L...
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Neurilemmal Sheath
Nerve fibers (axons) are often covered by a special insulating layer called the myelin sheath. This covering is composed of the membranes of specialized cells called oligodendrocyte...
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Triad Hospitals Inc. said Monday it agreed to be taken private in a $4.7 billion sale to an affiliate of Goldman Sachs and a JPMorgan Chase & Co. spinoff.The hospital industry is struggling wit...
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Triad Hospitals Inc. said Monday it agreed to be taken private in a $4.7 billion sale to an affiliate of Goldman Sachs and a JPMorgan Chase & Co. spinoff.The hospital industry is struggling wit...
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Question 1 of 10:The Doctor and the Brigadier don't always see eye to eye. The Time Lord is especially incensed when the soldier:a) Kills the Silurians (1)b) Frees the Master (0)c) Borrows the TARD...
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Community Health Systems Inc. said Monday it has agreed to buy Triad Hospitals Inc. for about $5.1 billion, topping a previous bid by private-equity buyers.CHS said the deal would make it the natio...
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Merrill Lynch & Co. said Tuesday it is getting a fresh cash investment of $6.6 billion to strengthen its balance sheet, led by three foreign investment groups.Merrill Lynch has been raising cap...
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Just when it seemed that another large hospital company would go into private hands, Community Health Systems Inc. stepped in Monday with a last-minute deal to buy rival Triad Hospitals Inc. for ab...
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