Structural Organisation In Animals Question 12

Question: Nerve fibres conduct impulses in [RPMT 1999]

Options:

A) One direction

B) Two direction

C) Multidirection

D) None of the above

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Answer:

Correct Answer: A

Solution:

If a nerve impulse was initiated somewhere in the middle of a nerve fibre, it would proceed to both ends.

However, in the synapse, the propagation is strictly one-way from the axon to the dendrite never the reverse.