Multiple Choice
Saltatory conduction
A) occurs in unmyelinated nerve fibers.
B) is slower than conduction by local current flow because the myelin acts as an insulator to slow the impulse down.
C) involves the impulse jumping from one node of Ranvier to the adjacent node.
D) refers to the action potential spreading from one Schwann cell to the adjacent Schwann cell.
E) more than one of these answers.
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