A traveling nerve impulse does not depolarize the area immediately behind it, because:
Correct Answer: It is refractory
Description: When an AP is initiated at a point, the point goes into refractoriness when the Na+ entered through that point has excited the adjacent (2nd) point. so it will travel in single direction Hyperpolarization event is after the refractory period.
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