Afferent Firing Rates Are Faster in Type II Than in Type

question 29

Multiple Choice

Afferent firing rates are faster in Type II than in Type I vestibular hair cells because the former has

• A) smaller soma, so that there is less membrane through which the potential must travel.
• B) a calyx, which surrounds most of the soma.
• C) larger axons.
• D) heavier myelination.
• E) larger axons and heavier myelination.

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