Describe the events of an action potential in terms of ions and gates or channels beginning with the generation of a local potential through the re-establishment of resting membrane potentia

Q: discuss the process of the neuron firing an action potential from the resting period to the…

A: The process of normal neuronal firing takes place as a communication between neurons through…

Q: Explain in a presynaptic neuron triggers the membrane depolarization in a postsynaptic neuron and…

A: Neurons are the basic unit of the nervous system that carry electrical stimuli throughout the body.…

Q: Describe the propagation of an action potential. Contrast this eventin myelinated and unmyelinated…

A: An action potential is produced in the body of the neuron and spread through its axon.  The action…

Q: List four ways in which an action potential is different from a local potential.

A: SOME BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT A NEURON  NEURON   It is the longest cell inside the human body. It is…

Q: Describe how resting potential is form in a neuron. Key difference from in and out a neuron and how…

A: The resting potential of a neurone is formed from the difference in concentration of different…

Q: Describe depolarizing of graded potential? Explain with an example?

A: A depolarization occasion may just create an evaluated potential, a smallish change in the membrane…

Q: Describe the following terms: specificity, stimulus, receptor potential, synapse, neurotransmitter,…

A: Specificity indicates what percentage of those who do not have the condition have a negative result…

Q: What is the approximate magnitude of the IPSP (how many mV)?What is the approximate magnitude of the…

A: IPSP (inhibitory postsynaptic potential) and EPSP (Excitatory postsynaptic potential) are the action…

Q: Explain why the strength of an action potential doesn’t decrease as it travels down an axon.

A: Action potential involves a transient change in the potential of a neuronal membrane that is caused…

Q: Describe the changes in the neuron membrane that occur throughout the course of an action potential.…

A: The action potential is an explosion of electrical activity that is created by a depolarizing…

Q: Describe how the permeability of the axon membrane to Na+ and K+ is regulated and how changes in…

A: Introduction  Sodium and Potassium are the two most important ions which plays a crucial role in…

Q: Describe how an Action Potential is conducted.

A: The body has a network of conductive cells known as neurons. The neurons are connected end to end,…

Q: Explain how ligand-gated channels produce synaptic potentials, using the nicotinic ACh receptor as…

A: Ligand-gated channels are also known as the ionotropic receptors which help in the movement of ions…

Q: #Differentiate between membrane potential & action potential. In which cells action potentials…

A: The cells are the primary unit of life. An organism may be prokaryotic or unicellular. For example,…

Q: How do ion channels and sodium-potassium pumps contribute to the resting potential?

A: Ion channels are pore forming membrane proteins that allow ion to pass through the channel pore.…

Q: Describe how following a threshold stimulus, a action potential is carried along an unmyelinated…

A: Myelination refers to the presence of a myelin sheath on the axons. Myelin sheath is composed of…

Q: Describe the sequence of activation of ion channels leading to action potential propagation.

A: The action potential is produced in a nerve or muscle when it is stimulated. It is the method of…

Q: Describe how different post-synaptic potentials can be summated on a single neuron to determine if…

A: Synapse is a junction that mediates information transfer from one neuron to another neuron or an…

Q: Describe the characteristics of action potentials and explain how they are conducted by unmyelinated…

A: The minimum electrical potential required to do a muscle contraction or any action is called action…

Q: Describe the resting potential for neurons. How is this potential established? Describe the…

A: A neuron or a nerve cell is the structural and functional unit of the nervous system. They are…

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A: The nerve cell or neuron is the primary unit of communication of the nervous system. These cells…

Q: starting with an axon that is maintaining a resting potential, describe the sequence of events that…

A: Answer: AXON = It is the part of the neuron , which is long, slender in structure , which conducts…

Q: Explain the steps of an action potential

A: Whenever the neurons and the surrounding muscle cells are in a resting state and there is no…

Q: Describe the four stages of an action potential in what is happening in each stage

A: The nerve impulse is changed in membrane voltage. Normally all the cells have a change in the…

Q: Immediately after an action potential has peaked, which cellular gates open? O calcium Ochloride O…

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Q: Give examples of graded potential, resting potential and action potential  seen in neurons.

A: Neurons are nerve cells that functions as the basic working unit of brain. They can carry…

Q: In order to trigger an action potential, a local potential must be above this when it reaches the…

A: Neurons are the basic unit of the nervous system that carry electrical stimuli throughout the body.…

Q: Explain the steps that lead to the formation of an action potential.

A: The action potential is the state of excitability at which the membrane depolarizes and allows to…

Q: What type of interaction is occurring at the trigger zone between two graded potentials arriving…

A: Action potential : As the signals are passed through the neurons, a massive increase in membrane…

Q: How does an action potential differ from a local potential?How do depolarizing and hyperpolarizing…

A: Nerve cells conduct electrical impulses to bring out a certain biochemical reaction. When a sudden…

Q: State

A: Action potential:- The change in electrical potential associated with the passage of an impulse…

Q: Describe the 6 step sequence of events that occurs at the NMJ in response to a nerve Action…

A: Steps:- The sarcolemma initiates the action potential. 2)The axon terminal receives the action…

Q: Briefly explain how a neuron at resting potential becomes activated.

A: Action potential generates when the neurons want to pass the information along the body from its…

Q: the potassium leak channels were suddenly blocked in a resting neuron, what would happen to its…

A: Normally the neuron has  - 70millivolt resting membrane potential that means the interior of neuron…

Q: Define refractory period, and explain the difference between the absolute refractory period and…

A: Action potential of a nerve fibre is the active state of transmission of nerve signal from one…

Q: The level of depolarization at which an action potential will be triggered is referred to as the…

A: Action potential develops only when the membrane acquires a more positive charge inside.

Q: Why does amplitude decrease in a train of action potential

A: Nerves transmit impulses to and from the central nervous system. Twelve pairs of cranial nerves…

Q: How can only positive ions result in depolarization and repolarization of the membrane during an…

A: Membrane potenial/ transmembrane potential/ membrane voltage in the electrical potential difference…

Q: Figure Ql shows the typical electrical recording of movement artifacts during the resting potential…

A: Neurons are the basic structures and functional units of the nervous system. The axon or the nerve…

Q: explain the even that occur during the action potential

A: Axon – The long, thin structure within which action potentials are generated; the sending a part of…