Chapter 23 - Demyelinating diseases of the nervous system. Introduction. This group of diseases (see Table 23-1) is characterized by lesions that are associated with loss of myelin with relative sparing of axons. There are many type of disease that damage myelin in concert with the destruction of axons.
A realm is an area that is ruled by something. If you are a controlling cook who doesnât like anyone to do anything else in the kitchen, then the kitchen is your realm. Realm comes from the French for kingdom, but since there arenât so many kings or queens left in the world, youâll more often find it referring to non-royal spheres. That could be the sphere of a special kind of knowledge, like the realm of biology, or the political realm.
Reality is the state of things as they actually exist, rather than as they may appear or might be imagined. In a wider definition, reality includes everything that is and has been, whether or not it is observable or comprehensible. A still broader definition includes everything that has existed, exists, or will exist.