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The conduction of impulse along a myelinated nerve fibre is called

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Conduction of impulse along a myelinated nerve fibre is called saltatory conduction. 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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