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DyllonKazuo

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Conduction of action potentials in an unmyelinated axon is referred to as
 
  a. absolute.
  b. relative.
 c. saltatory.
  d. slow.

Question 2

The nervous system encodes greater intensity of a given stimulus by
 
  a. forming action potentials with higher peaks.
 b. forming action potentials that last a longer time.
 c. increasing the rate of firing.
 d. reducing the number of neurons that are responding.


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alvinum

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Reply #1 on: Jun 21, 2018
Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

c


DyllonKazuo

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Reply 2 on: Jun 21, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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