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Author: Lauralee Sherwood
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Chapter 4, Problem 1SQE
Answer the following questions regarding conduction of action potentials using the velocities given on p. 100:
a. How long would it take for an action potential to travel 0.6 m along the axon of an unmyelinated neuron of the digestive tract?
b. How long would it take for an action potential to travel the same distance along the axon of a large myelinated neuron innervating a skeletal muscle?
c. Suppose there were two synapses in a 0.6 m nerve tract and the delay at each synapse is 1 msec. How long would it take an action potential and chemical signal to travel the 0.6 m now, for both the myelinated and unmyelinated neurons?
d. What if there were five synapses?
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