One reason that Helmholtz's discovery of the speed of an electrical impulse along a nerve is important is because it showed that:
A) the speed of a neural impulse is greater than 100 miles per hour
B) Galvani's ideas about nerve impulses was wrong
C) it is possible to experimentally study the function of the nervous system
D) instinct theories were wrong

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Helmholtz's discovery of the speed of an electrical impulse along a nerve showed that it is possible to experimentally study the function of the nervous system. This opened up new avenues of research in the field of neuroscience and helped advance our understanding of how the nervous system works. It did not directly refute Galvani's ideas about nerve impulses or instinct theories, and while it did demonstrate that the speed of a neural impulse is quite fast, it did not specifically state that it is greater than 100 miles per hour.

One Reason That Helmholtz's Discovery of the Speed of an Electrical