Electrically Generated Action Potentials Propagate Along a Nerve

question 6

Multiple Choice

Electrically generated action potentials propagate along a nerve

• A) Only orthodromically
• B) Only antidromically
• C) In both directions
• D) Orthodromically for sensory nerves and antidromically for motor nerves

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Definitions:

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