A travelling nerve impulse does not depolarize the area immediately behind it, because:
Correct Answer: It is refractory
Description: Ans. is 'b' i.e. It is refractory Ganong writes -"Once initiated, a moving impulse does not depolarize the area behind it to the firing level, because this area is refractory"
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