The refractory period is crucial as it ensures action potentials propagate in one direction and that impulses remain discrete, preventing new action potentials from forming immediately behind the preceding one.
- ensures action potentials propagated in one direction - can't be propagated in region in refractory period - ensures impulses are discrete - new action potentials can't form immediately behind first one
| Front | Why is the refractory period important? |
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| Back | - ensures action potentials propagated in one direction - can't be propagated in region in refractory period - ensures impulses are discrete - new action potentials can't form immediately behind first one |
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