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What is orthodromic coduction in a nerve?


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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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