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Saltatory transmission occurs in


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Spinal nerve

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Myelinated fibre

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Nonmyelinated fibre

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None of the above

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Solution

The correct option is B

Myelinated fibre


Saltatory conduction (from the Latin saltare, to hop or leap) 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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