Which statement accurately describes the process known as saltatory conduction?

A) Impulses are rapidly conducted along myelinated nerves.
B) Impulses are slowly, uniformly conducted along nonmyelinated nerves.
C) Impulses are conducted only through the nodes of Ranvier on myelinated nerves.
D) Impulses are conducted through the Schwann cells and axoplasmic membrane to the CNS.


A

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