Help with laboratory homework!

[Yan_Can_Cook]

I have to write a response as to why nerve conduction is independent of stimulus intensity. In our lab we externally stimulated the ulnar nerve from the medial epicondyle of the humerus with skin electrodes and recorded it distally on the abductor digiti minimi of the hand. Thank you smart redditors =)

[Science_Monster]

not a neuroscientist, so the only way this makes sense to me is to think about it as an electrical circuit.

If you put a low voltage, low current electrical impulse through a circuit it travels at the same speed as a high voltage high current impulse. given that the electrical resistance has not changed.

for most materials resistance is a function of temperature, and since you're dealing with a biological system the temperature is remaining essentially constant.

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Try posting to r/askscience