Saltatory conduction is
A) the process of conduction leaping along myelinated neurons.
B) an action potential generated in taste receptors or buds.
C) the movement of neurotransmitters across a synaptic cleft.
D) the activation of the fight-or-flight response.
E) the movement of an electrical impulse from the dendrite to an axon.

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Saltatory conduction refers to the way electrical impulses jump from one node of Ranvier to the next along a myelinated neuron, speeding up the transmission of the impulse.

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