Q. Assertion: Myelinated nerve fibres are present in spinal and cranial nerves
Reason : Myelinated nerves conduct impulses more rapidly than unmyelinated nerves

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Solution:

Myelinated nerve fibres are present in spinal and cranial nerves. Myelinated nerve fibres are enclosed by Schwann cells that form myelin sheath around the axon. The conduction of impulses is faster in myelinated nerve fibre (or medullated nerve fibre) because when an impulse travels along a medullated nerve fibre, it does not proceed uniformly along the length of the axis cylinder, but jumps from one node of Ranvier to the next. This is called the saltatory conduction of impulses. This way the conduction is faster in myelinated nerve fibre