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It will allow for faster conduction of action potentials.
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The fundamental structural and functional
unit of the nervous system, responsible Which part of the neuron has the arrow
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for transmitting and processing pointing to it?
information.
Saltatory conduction refers to the The myelin sheath is formed by
propagation of action potentials along oligodendrocytes in the peripheral
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myelinated axons. What is the significance nervous system and Schwann cells in the
of this mode of conduction? central nervous system.