Which of the following is not an accurate difference between oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells?  A. oligodendrocytes myelinate several axons and Schwann cells myelinate only one axon.  B. oligodendrocytes are part of the CNS and Schwann cells are part of the PNS  C. Schwann cells help in neural regulation and oligodendrocytes don't seem to do so.  D. oligodendrocytes wrap the axon with the leading edge along the innermost part of the myelin, whereas the Schwann cells wrap along the outer edge of the myelin.

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