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What is orthodromic coduction in a nerve?

scilearner
in Biology

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Hello everyone,

 

Ok I know this goes away from stoma, so why do myelinated nerves use only this type but not antidromic.Thanks :)

  • 2 weeks later...

As a point of nomenclature, a "nerve" consists of a bundle of axons enclosed in a sheath. Both myelinated and unmyelinated axons are capable of conducting an action potential in both the orthodromic (also anterograde) and antidromic (also retrograde) directions. However, in almost all natural circumstances an action potential in both myelinated and unmyelinated axons progresses in the orthodromic direction, that is, from the neuron cell body down the axon to the synaptic terminal.SM

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