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11 years ago
Explain why saltatory conduction speeds up the velocity of action potentials.
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11 years ago
In saltatory conduction, the action potential does not have to depolarize every segment of membrane, only those at the widely separated nodes of Ranvier.
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11 years ago
Thank you for the help. This really helps with my neuroscience review and homework questions.
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