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Write a note on saltatory conduction.

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The voltage-gated `Na^+` and `K^+` channels are concentrated at the nodes of Ranvier. As a result, the impulse jumbps node to node, rather than travelling the entire length of the nerve fibre. This mechanism of conduction is called Saltatory Conduction.
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