Use the accompanying figure to summarize how signals are ...

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Use the accompanying figure to summarize how signals are conducted through and transmitted from a conventional multipolar neuron. To complement you summary, indicate on the illustration where various events occur.
 
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Question 2

Explain how an action potential is conducted along a myelinated axon. Why is conduction more rapid in a myelinated axon than in an unmyelinated axon? At what speed does axonal conduction occur in various kinds of axons?
 
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Answer to Question 1

Answer:
50 for correctly labeling at least five major events on the illustration
50 for briefly summarizing at least five major events

Answer to Question 2

Answer:
50 for explaining the putative mechanisms of saltatory conduction
25 for explaining why saltatory conduction is thought to be faster
25 for providing the velocity of conduction in various kinds of axons.

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