Nerve Impulses Travel More Slowly in Babies Than in Older

question 208

Multiple Choice

Nerve impulses travel more slowly in babies than in older children and adults because:

• A) an infant does not have as many synaptic connections as an adult has.
• B) dendrites and axons take time to develop in infants.
• C) neurons are much shorter in infants than in adults.
• D) the myelin sheaths on axons are not yet fully developed in infants.

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