Saltatory Conduction Is a Term Applied to

question 30

Multiple Choice

Saltatory conduction is a term applied to

• A)conduction of impulses across electrical synapses.
• B)an action potential that skips the axon hillock when it moves from the dendritic region to the axon terminal.
• C)the rapid movement of an action potential reverberating back and forth along a neuron.
• D)jumping from one neuron to an adjacent neuron.
• E)jumping from one node of Ranvier to the next in a myelinated neuron.

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