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Introduction: Nerves relay messages from the sensory organs to the central nervous system and back forming a network. The messages are carried by the nerves in the form of electrical signals. The electrical signal passes to the next cell at a junction called a synapse. The presynaptic cell sends the signal and the postsynaptic cell receives it.
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Action potential conduction velocity is more rapid in a myelinated axon than an unmyelinated one because in a myelinated axon:
a.
the action potential travels as a continuous wave.
b.
there is a decrease in membrane resistance.
c.
the action potential jumps along the axon.
d.
there is an increase in membrane capacitance.
e.
there is an increase in the ion gradients.
Which of the following is NOT an example of communication that happens from one neuron to another neuron?
A. Endocrine signaling (ex. hormones secreted into the blood stream travel and bind to receptors on dstant cells).
B. Retrograde neurotransmission (ex.the dendrite releases a neuroactive substance that binds to receptors on the axon terminal of a presynaptic neuron).
C. Electrical communication via propagation of action potential from one node of ranvier to the next node of ranvier.
D. Volume transmission (ex. neuropeptides diffuse away from the synapse and bind to receptors on adjacent cells)
E. Electrical communication through gap junctions.
Which of the following is true about the conduction of action potentials?
a. Thicker axons are faster because there is more surface area on thicker axons.
b. Myelin speeds conduction because the glial cells add voltage gated Na+ channels to the neuron.
c. Diffusion of Na+ ions between the Nodes of Ranvier happens faster than the wave of opening and closing membrane proteins can travel.
d. Neurons that don’t have myelin sheaths undergo saltatory conduction
e. Action potentials move slowly.
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