Saltatory conduction refers to:
A)sodium concentration in the extracellular fluid.
B)action potentials that are facilitated by sodium.
C)action potentials jumping from one node to the next.
D)the leakage of the sodium channels that require the existence of a sodium-potassium pump.

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Saltatory conduction is the process by which action potentials jump from one node of Ranvier to the next along a myelinated axon, speeding up the transmission of nerve impulses.

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