In myelinated neurons, the nerve impulse travels significantly faster by jumping from one non-myelinated gap to the next. What are these gaps called?
Q1. In myelinated neurons, the nerve impulse travels significantly faster by jumping from one non-myelinated gap to the next. What are these gaps called?
Answer: Nodes of Ranvier
Explanation: Nodes of Ranvier are the gaps where saltatory conduction occurs; Schwan cells fail because they are the cells that form the myelin.