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Time It Takes For A Nerve Impulse To Travel From The Spinal Cord To The Big Toe

The document discusses calculating the time it takes for a nerve impulse to travel from the spinal cord to the big toe. Given the distance of 1 meter and velocity of 36 m/s, the formula T=D/V is used, with the time calculated as 0.028 seconds.

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Time It Takes For A Nerve Impulse To Travel From The Spinal Cord To The Big Toe

The document discusses calculating the time it takes for a nerve impulse to travel from the spinal cord to the big toe. Given the distance of 1 meter and velocity of 36 m/s, the formula T=D/V is used, with the time calculated as 0.028 seconds.

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Time it takes for a nerve impulse to travel

from the spinal cord to the big toe


Formula: T = D/V
Given:
- Distance: 1 meter
- Velocity: 36 m/s
- Time: ?


1
36 /
= 0.028


With the velocity of the nerve impulse as 36 m/s, the time for
a nerve impulse to reach the big toe from the spinal cord is
0.028 s

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