Frequency of bowel movements varies widely among individuals, as well as varying widely for any single individual. In studies on the subject, approximately 50 to 70 percent of people surveyed report having a single daily bowel movement. Outliers range from one movement every three days to three movements a day.
Cell theory was eventually formulated in 1839. This is usually credited to Matthias Schleiden and Theodor Schwann. However, many other scientists like Rudolf Virchow contributed to the theory. The three tenets to the cell theory are as described below: All living organisms are composed of one or more cells.
In the peripheral nervous system, Schwann cells (named after German physiologist Theodor Schwann) wrap around axons of motor and sensory neurons to form the myelin sheath. Myelinating Schwann cells begin to form the myelin sheath in mammals during fetal development and work by spiraling around the axon, sometimes with as many as 100 revolutions. A well-developed Schwann cell is shaped like a rolled-up sheet of paper, with layers of myelin in between each coil.