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How do nerve impulses on a neuron travel only in one direction?

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Presence of `Na^+/K^+` pump

B

Presence of myelin sheath

C

Change in polarity of membrane occuring only in one direction, away from the site of stimulus

D

Change in polarity of membrane occurring only from axon terminals towards axon Hillock

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