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A physiologist testing signal transduction rates in two different nerve fibers notices that one fiber conducts signals much faster than the other. Which is the most likely difference between the two?Multiple ChoiceThe faster nerve fiber is myelinated and the slower one is not.The slower nerve fiber is myelinated and the faster one is not.The faster nerve fiber has more dendrites.The faster nerve fiber has more axons.

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A physiologist testing signal transduction rates in two different nerve fibers notices that one fiber conducts signals much faster than the other. Which is the most likely difference between the two?Multiple ChoiceThe faster nerve fiber is myelinated and the slower one is not.The slower nerve fiber is myelinated and the faster one is not.The faster nerve fiber has more dendrites.The faster nerve fiber has more axons.

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The most likely difference between the two nerve fibers is that the faster nerve fiber is myelinated and the slower one is not. Myelination increases the speed of signal transduction in nerve fibers.

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