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Nerve impulse travels faster in...

Nerve impulse travels faster in

A

Medullated nerve

B

Non-medullated nerve

C

Cranial nerve

D

Spinal nerve

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Myelin sheath junction to be as insulator so that nerve impulses jump from node to node i.e. nodes of Ranvier where myelin sheath is absent results in faster conduction called salutatory conduction.
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