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Nerve impulse travels faster in

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Myelinated nerve

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Non - myelinated nerve

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Cranial nerve

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Spinal nerve

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Solution

The correct option is A Myelinated nerve
Saltatory conduction is the propagation of action potentials along myelinated axons from one node of Ranvier to the next node, increasing the conduction velocity of action potentials.

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