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Nerve Impulse Conduction

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Describe the events in the transmission of nerve impulses in a non-myelinated nerve fibre. How do these events differ from those occurring in a myelinated neuron?

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The conduction of nerve impulse in myelinated nerve fiber is called Saltatory conduction. The depolarization only occurs at the unmyelinated nodes of Ranvier.

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