A nurse is teaching a class of nursing students on the unit about the pathophysiology of multiple sclerosis
To evaluate their understanding, the nurse asks the students, "Which part of a neuron would be the most damaged in a patient with multiple sclerosis?" The students' best response would be which of the following components of the nervous system?
a. Myelin sheath
b. Dendrite
c. Cell body
d. Nucleus
ANS: A
Multiple sclerosis is a chronic, inflammatory, autoimmune disorder that damages the myelin sheath of neurons in the central nervous system.
Multiple sclerosis does not damage the dendrite, cell body, or nucleus.
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