Resting membrane potentials Definition: Large nerve fibers when not transmitting nerve signals is about 90 millivolt. That is‚ the potential inside the fiber is 90 millivolts more negative than the potential in the extracellular fluid on the outside of the fiber. The Na+-k+ pump also causes large concentration gradients for sodium and potassium across the resting nerve membrane. These gradients are the following: Sodium ( outside): 142 mEq/L Sodium ( inside): 14 mEq/L Potassium ( outside):
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Chapter 6 Resting Membrane Potential (RMP) What is the Resting Membrane Potential (RMP)? ELECTRIC POTENTIAL – separation of opposite charges between 2 points. (“Has the potential to do electrical work if allowed to come together!”) vs. large potential difference small potential difference Magnitude of charge separation = potential difference ** measured in volts (1 Volt
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Resting potential is created by a transport protein called the sodium-potassium pump. Resting potential occurs when ions are distributed unequally on the inside and outside of cells‚ and when cell membranes are selectively permeable to different ions. K+ is particularly important for the resting potential. The membrane is highly permeable to K+. In addition‚ the inside of the cell has a high concentration of K+ and the outside of the cell has a low concentration of K+. K+ will naturally diffuse
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nongated K+ channels than cell B‚ which cell has the larger resting membrane potential? Explain. If the permeability to K is higher in A than in B‚ then the resting membrane potential (rmp) will be closer to the equilibrium potential in cell A‚ which means the rmp will be more negative in cell A than in cell B; or in other words‚ the potential difference will be LARGER in cell A. 2. Predict the effect of a reduced extracellular concentration of Na+ on the magnitude of the action potential in an
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explain how the electrically excitable membrane changes its electric potential. In other words‚ how is the cell membrane excited? At the surface of the cell membrane‚ there are three classes of gated channels exist‚ chemically gated or ligand-gated channels‚ voltage-gated channels‚ and mechanically gated channels. Originally‚ at the resting membrane potential‚ most of the gated channels are closed. However‚ when these gated channels open‚ the movement of ions across the membrane will changes the membrane
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Nervous System: Membrane Potential 1. Record the intracellular and extracellular concentrations of the following ions (mM/L): Intracellular Extracellular Sodium (Na+) Potassium (K+) Chloride (Cl–) 2. Excitable cells‚ like neurons‚ are more permeable to ___________ than to ___________. 3. How would the following alterations affect the membrane permeability to K+? Use arrows to indicate the change in permeability. a. An increase in the number of passive K+ channels ___________
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Axon hillock‚ action potential The area where the axon emerges from the soma (cell body) is called the ___ ___. This is also where the outgoing signal‚ called a/an ___ ___ is generated. Collaterals‚ terminals An axon can branch‚ forming many axon ___. At the end‚ axons branch to form many axon ___. Schwann cells What support cell forms the myelin sheath? Integral proteins What structures in the cell membrane function as ion channels? 1) Charge 2) Size 3) How much water the ion
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At rest‚ a nerve cell maintains a difference in charge between the inside and the outside of the cell membrane. This difference in charge is continued by three factors. Firstly‚ in the cell membrane‚ there are sodium potassium ‘pumps’ crossing the membrane which are proteins that bring 2 potassium ions into the cell‚ for every 3 sodium ions it pumps out. As well as this‚ there are protein channels which allow potassium ions in the cell to flow out via facilitated diffusion. Potassium diffuses out
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Variation of Conductance with Temperature in Electrolytes Index 1.Certificate.................................................................3 2.Acknowledgements.....................................................4 3.Aim..........................................................................5 4.Apparatus..................................................................6 5.Important Terms........................................................7 6.Conductivity...
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