is it possible for a second action potential to start during the refractory period?

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

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Q: How does hyperpolarisation decrease amplitude of an action potential during a train of action…

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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…

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Q: What causes Hyperpolarization following the spike of the action potential?

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Q: What is a depolarizing graded potential?

A: In depolarization, certain physiological changes happen inside the cell, during which, a shifting of…

Q: Oligodendrocyte Neurlemma Reset Zoom Schwann cell Basal lamina Nucleus Dendrite Endoneurium…

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Q: What are the steps to action potential

A: Action potential  An action potential is a short burst of electrical event that occurs in the…

Q: action potentials develop at the initial segment of the axon because

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Q: During the relative refractory period: Can select more than one   K+ channels are open. Na+…

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Q: Explain how myelination of the axon results in saltatory conduction, and how this increases the…

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Q: Which neuron will conduct impulses most rapidly? Neurons with large diameter unmyelinated axons…

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Q: An axon has a membrane capacitance of 4 x 10 F and the membrane resistance of 2 KQ. If the speed of…

A: Introduction The part of a nerve cell (neuron) that transports nerve impulses away from the cell…

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: What is the term used to describe an action potential apparently jumping from one node of Ranvier to…

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Q: The axon of neurone is stimulated experimentally with 25 mv pulse which initiates an action…

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Q: Why is the cell unable to initiate another action potential if stimulated during the refractory…

A: The time between two consecutive action potentials is called refractory period. Action potential…

Q: Does the refractory period limit the number of action potentials that a nerve cell can produce per…

A: Action potential is initiated due to a presence of a  stimulus. Normally the potential of a cell…

Q: When is an action potential triggered? (Choose 1)     When IPSPs exceeds EPSPs   When EPSPs exceeds…

A: The development of action potential depends on the movement of specific ions into the neurons that…

Q: A nerve impulse travels faster in small myelinated fibers large myelinated fibers large unmyelinated…

A: Answer : large myelinated fibres. - at the speed of 179-268 miles per hour.

Q: what would happen to the action potential if the potassium channels opened before the sodium channel

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Q: Discuss the production of an action potential, includingdepolarization and repolarization

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Q: Describe the events that take place during an action potential. Begin at the point where an EPSP…

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Q: Describe the events involved in the generation and propagation of an action potential.

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Q: Define the refractory period in the propagation of action potential in two sentences. Give its…

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Q: Indicate which gate is responsible for halting the rising phase of the action potential.  1- Na+…

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Q: Describe the events that lead to the generation of an action potential.

A: Action potential generation is when a neuron rapidly depolarizes from a negative resting potential…

Q: Describe what happens in the nerve terminal when an action potential reaches there

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Q: Describe the changes that occur to the membrane that result in the action potential? *Include the…

A: Introduction: The brief sequence of events in the membrane potential following excitation is…

Q: the refractory period limits the number of action .2 potentials that a given nerve cell can produce…

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Q: More than one answer may apply When voltage gated sodium channels of a resting neuron open O Na…

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Q: What will happen if threshold value for the generation of action potential is not reached?

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Q: Which one of the following statements about the propagation of the action potential is incorrect? O…

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Q: If the middle of an axon were depolarized to threshold, in which direction could the action…

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Q: Describe how depolarization occurs along an unmyelinated neuronal axon

A: Propagation of action potential leads to the depolarization of neuron.

Q: Which determines a neuron's maximal rate of firing? The duration of the refractory phase O The…

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