neuron. 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
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carrier impulses from the CNS to the periphery‚ the peripheral nerves in turn have the funsion to carry messages from one part of the organism to another‚ so we can understand the action of these drugs. They act in the prevention‚ generation and propagation of the nervous impulse. Acting on the blocking of the depolarization initiation‚ allowing Na + to enter the nerve cell from rest to the trigger threshold (- 50a - 60 mV) would consequently impede the initiation and propagation of the impulse. Therefore
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is activated by the rise in blood temperature and is responsible for for controlling the mechanisms that will decrease the blood temperature. Efferent nerve impulses are sent from the hypothalamus to multiple different corrective mechanisms to try to decrease the blood temperature and maintain it at approximately 37℃. The efferent nerve impulses causes the smooth muscles to relax and as a result‚ opens up blood capillaries near the surface of the skin. This is known as vasodilation as the blood
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Neurophysiology and Learning September ‚ 2010 For the survival and progression of life as we know it‚ humans and non humans must rely on the fundamental aspects of learning. Learning is all around us‚ we experience it in our everyday lives‚ sometimes without even being aware of it. Theories of learning were introduced centuries ago‚ and being so important and of much significance in Psychology‚ they are continuously studied‚ revised and improved. A popular branch of the study of learning‚ Neurophysiology
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Neurophysiology Study Guide 1. Define "equilibrium potential". Why is the resting potential closer to the potassium equilibrium potential (EK+) than the sodium potential (ENa+)? The equilibrium potential is the point at which the force exerted on an ion by electrostatic and concentration gradient forces are balanced‚ and there is no net movement of that ion. The resting potential is closer to EK+ than ENa+ because the cell membrane is more permeable to
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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 potential. In the nervous
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Site Plan | I. Neurons/nerve cells A neuron is a cell specialized to conduct electrochemical impulses called nerve impulses or action potentials. Neuron is the main cellular component of the nervous system‚ a specialized type of cell that integrates electrochemical activity of the other neurons that are connected to it and that propagates that integrated activity to other neurons. They are the basic information processing structures in the CNS.
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Neurophysiology Lab Report Anatomy & Physiology Lab Report Exercise 3 Activities 1-4‚ 8 By Laurence Blake 2/27/12 A. Objective I. Activity 1-4: Eliciting a Nerve Impulse • Investigate what kinds of stimuli stimulate action potential. II. Activity 8: Nerve Conduction Velocity • Determine and compare the conduction velocities of different types of nerves. B. Introduction I. Activity 1-4: Eliciting a Nerve Impulse • In this experiment‚ we
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Exercise 1: The effects of nerve stimulation A. Describe briefly what you have done for this section (maximum 100 words). Basically I am the volunteer. Two students handle the system while one student helps to spread the adequate electrode cream on the volunteer’s left wrist. The system is set to continuous‚ frequency is 1Hz‚ pulse duration at 200μs and pulse current at 10mA. The stimulator is switched off to disconnect the isolated stimulator terminals. The stimulus is then switched on and
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Arlen Kong October 11‚ 2010 Chapter 6.1‚ 6.2‚ 6.3 – Online Activities Online Activity 6.2-Membranes Organize a Cell’s Activity Dissect a Plasma Membrane Objective: to understand the structure of a membrane 1. Why is the membrane described as a phospholipid bilayer? It is described as a phospholipid bilayer because there are two layers of phospholipid molecules. 2. How does the arrangement of the phospholipids form a bilayer? The phospholipids arranged in two layers so that the
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