The Nodes of Ranvier Are

question 29

Multiple Choice

The nodes of Ranvier are

• A)motor nerve terminations on muscle fibers.
• B)tiny vesicles on the postsynaptic membrane of synapses.
• C)interruptions in the myelin sheath surrounding axons.
• D)ganglia in the flatworm nervous system.
• E)the interneurons in our cerebral cortex that allow us to "think."

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