what is the difference between oligodendrocytes and schwann cells (both give rise, if required, to myelin sheath) Are schwann - Biology - Neural Control and Coordination

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what is the difference between oligodendrocytes and schwann cells
(both give rise, if required, to myelin sheath)? Are schwann cells
also present in CNS?

also,

do only the neurons concerned with CNS had a myelin sheath or
myelinated neurons are associated with other parts as well?

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what is the difference between oligodendrocytes and schwann cells (both give rise, if required, to myelin sheath)? Are schwann cells also present in CNS? also, do only the neurons concerned with CNS had a myelin sheath or myelinated neurons are associated with other parts as well?

what is the difference between oligodendrocytes and schwann cells (both give rise, if required, to myelin sheath)? Are schwann cells also present in CNS?

also,

do only the neurons concerned with CNS had a myelin sheath or myelinated neurons are associated with other parts as well?