Saltatory conduction refers to
A)a drop in electrical charge below the resting potential.
B)the capacity of our brains to change in response to experience.
C)the simplest behavior, in which a stimulus provokes an automatic response.
D)a nerve impulse jumping from gap to gap in the myelin layer.

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Saltatory conduction is the process by which nerve impulses jump from one node of Ranvier to the next, as they travel along a myelinated axon. This jumping significantly increases the speed of electrical signal transmission along the nerve fiber.

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