Saltatory conduction is defined as the

A) Slow transmission of a nerve impulse due to diffusion of sodium across nerve membrane
B) Rapid diffusion of sodium chloride into the nerve cell during impulse conduction
C) Slow conduction of an impulse along a nonmyelinated nerve at the nodes of Ranvier
D) Rapid transmission of nerve impulses along a myelinated nerve fiber


D

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