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)the process by which nerve impulses conducted down the axons of neurons coated with myelin jump from gap to gap in the myelin layer.

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Saltatory conduction is the process by which nerve impulses conducted down the axons of neurons coated with myelin jump from gap to gap in the myelin layer. This results in faster transmission of nerve impulses.

Saltatory Conduction Refers to