Saltatory conduction is a term applied to the "jumping" movement of action potentials
A)across electrical synapses.
B)along the postsynaptic membrane from dendrite to axon hillock.
C)in two directions at the same time.
D)from one neuron to another.
E)along myelinated axons.

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Saltatory conduction refers to the faster conduction of an action potential along myelinated axons. The action potential appears to jump from one node of Ranvier to the next rather than traveling continuously along the axon. This jumping results in faster conduction because the action potential is able to "skip" the sections of the axon that are covered in myelin and only depolarize the unmyelinated nodes of Ranvier.

Saltatory Conduction Is a Term Applied to the "Jumping" Movement