This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: Peripheral Nerve & Skeletal Muscles, Subject name: Pathology
[{'content': 'Wallerian degeneration is seen in \nSelect and explain. \nA. part of nerve attached to cell body in a nerve that is cut peripheraly, B. cell body that is not attached to the nerve that is cut, C. part of nerve not attached to cell body, D. cell body that is attached to the nerve that is cut', 'role': 'user'}, {'content': 'Answer: C \nExplanation: Ans is \'c\' Part of nerve not attached to cell body When an injury occurs in an axon the axon and the myelin sheath distal to the point of injury undergoes wallerian degeneration.Some of you might be confused with the sentence "part of nerve not attached to the cell body".Cell body is the most proximal part of a nerve fibre and we know that wallerian degeneration occurs distal to the point of injury so it is obvious that wallerian degeneration will occur in part not attached to cell body.', 'role': 'assistant'}]