Saltatory conduction is the fast transmission of nerve impulses along myelinated axons, where the signal jumps between nodes of Ranvier.
Rapid transmission of a nerve impulse along an axon, resulting from the action potential jumping from one node of Ranvier to another, skipping the myelin-sheathed regions of membrane.
| Front | saltatory conduction |
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| Back | Rapid transmission of a nerve impulse along an axon, resulting from the action potential jumping from one node of Ranvier to another, skipping the myelin-sheathed regions of membrane. |
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