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Transcript
Sending Signals
Notes
Structure of Single Neuron
Neurons
http://facweb.gsw.edu/~gfisk/anim/neuro
nparts.swf
3 types of Neurons
Sensory Neurons – neurons that carry
incoming information from the sense to the
CNS
Interneurons – CNS neurons that internally
communicate and intervene between
the sensory inputs and motor outputs
Motor Neurons – Carry outgoing information
from the CNS to muscle and glands
Sensor
Receptor
Sensory Input
Integration
Effector
Motor Output
Peripheral Nervous
System (PNS)
Central Nervous
System(CNS)
Neuron Signals
ACTION POTENTIAL
• When an impulse reaches the Axon Terminal, dozen of
vesicles fuse with the cell membrane and discharge the
Neurotransmitter into the Synaptic Cleft (GAP).
• The molecules of the neurotransmitter diffuse across the
gap and attach themselves to SPECIAL RECEPTORS
on the membrane of the neuron receiving the impulse.
• When the neurotransmitter becomes attached to the cell
membrane of the adjacent nerve cell, it changes the
permeability of that membrane.
• As a result, Na+ ions diffuse through the membrane into
the cell.
• If enough neurotransmitter is released by the axon
terminal, so many Na+ ions diffuse into the neuron that
the neuron becomes DEPOLARIZED.
• DEPOLARIZED = Inside the membrane becomes more
positive than outside.
• This causes a THRESHOLD to be REACHED and an
impulse (ACTION POTENTIAL) begins in the second
cell.
• After the neurotransmitter relays it message it is rapidly
REMOVED or DESTROYED, thus halting its effect.
• The molecules of the neurotransmitter may be broken
down by ENZYMES, taken up again by the axon terminal
and recycled, or they may simply diffuse away.
• NERVE GAS prevents enzymes from breaking down
neurotransmitters, as a result muscles in the respiratory
and nervous system becomes paralyzed.
• The point of contact at which impulses are
passed from one cell to another are known as
THE SYNAPTIC CLEFT OR SYNAPSE.
• Neurons that transmit impulses to other neurons
DO NOT actually touch one another. The
Small Gap or Space between the axon of one
neuron and the dendrites of the next neuron is
called the Synapse.
• One importance of the presence of Synapses is
that they ensures one-way transmission of
impulses in a living person.
• The Axon Terminals at a Synapse contain tiny
vesicles, or sacs. These are known as
NEUROTRANSMITTERS.
NEUROTRANSMITTER is a
chemical substance that is used
by one neuron to signal
another. The impulse is changed
from an Electrical Impulse to a
Chemical Impulse
(Electrochemical Impulses).
Other facts…
• After the neurotransmitter relays it message it is rapidly
REMOVED or DESTROYED, thus halting its effect.
• Neurotransmitters may be broken down by ENZYMES,
taken up again by the axon terminal and recycled, or
they may simply diffuse away.
• NERVE GAS prevents enzymes from breaking down
neurotransmitters, as a result muscles in the respiratory
and nervous system becomes paralyzed.
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