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In an axon, nerve impulse travels...

In an axon, nerve impulse travels

A

towards cell body

B

away from cell body

C

away from synapse

D

in both directions

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B
Nerve impulse is a wave of depolarisation of the membrane of nerve cell. The nerve impulse travel along a neuron or across a synapse. In the axon of motor nerve fibre the nerve impulse travels away from the cell body.
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