Human Body Systems - Whitehall District Schools
... Nerve Impulses • Electrical impulse due to a chemical change along the membrane of a neuron • Resting Potential: electrical potential of the neural membrane (70mV), created by Na/K pump, creates charge difference • Threshold: Minimum level of stimulus to activate a neuron, a neuron is an all or not ...
... Nerve Impulses • Electrical impulse due to a chemical change along the membrane of a neuron • Resting Potential: electrical potential of the neural membrane (70mV), created by Na/K pump, creates charge difference • Threshold: Minimum level of stimulus to activate a neuron, a neuron is an all or not ...
ppt - UTK-EECS
... Cell body: serves to integrate the inputs from the dendrites Axon: one cell has a single output which is axon. Axons may be very long (over a foot) Synaptic junction: an axon impinges on a dendrite which causes input/output signal transitions ...
... Cell body: serves to integrate the inputs from the dendrites Axon: one cell has a single output which is axon. Axons may be very long (over a foot) Synaptic junction: an axon impinges on a dendrite which causes input/output signal transitions ...
Autonomic Nervous System
... Surround clusters of neuronal cell bodies in the PNS Unknown function ...
... Surround clusters of neuronal cell bodies in the PNS Unknown function ...
04/20 PPT
... 1. Initial clustering of AChR activity-independent (by unknown factor) 2. Activity-dependent processes at developing synapses -- Increased AChR lifetime (from 1 day to 1 week) -- Down-regulation of extrasynaptic AChRs -- Maturation of AChR clusters (pretzel-shaped) -- Switch of AChR subunit from α2β ...
... 1. Initial clustering of AChR activity-independent (by unknown factor) 2. Activity-dependent processes at developing synapses -- Increased AChR lifetime (from 1 day to 1 week) -- Down-regulation of extrasynaptic AChRs -- Maturation of AChR clusters (pretzel-shaped) -- Switch of AChR subunit from α2β ...
Chapter 48 – Nervous System – Homework – Part I
... 2. Compare and contrast sensory neurons, interneurons, and motor neurons 3. Compare and contrast dendrites and axons. 4. Discuss how the following relate to each other: presynaptic cell, postsynaptic cell, synapse, neurotransmitter. 5. Describe the “resting potential” of a typical nontransmitting ne ...
... 2. Compare and contrast sensory neurons, interneurons, and motor neurons 3. Compare and contrast dendrites and axons. 4. Discuss how the following relate to each other: presynaptic cell, postsynaptic cell, synapse, neurotransmitter. 5. Describe the “resting potential” of a typical nontransmitting ne ...
nervous07
... Receive and integrate synaptic signals. **Dendritic spines** Some neurons have many dendrites. Some dendrites have many branches. Ultrastructure similar to cell body. ...
... Receive and integrate synaptic signals. **Dendritic spines** Some neurons have many dendrites. Some dendrites have many branches. Ultrastructure similar to cell body. ...
nervous system
... Neuron cell bodies are clustered together in the PNS= ganglia Satellite cells- surround neuron cell bodies, regulate environment Schwann cells- form a sheath around every axon, can myelinate axons ...
... Neuron cell bodies are clustered together in the PNS= ganglia Satellite cells- surround neuron cell bodies, regulate environment Schwann cells- form a sheath around every axon, can myelinate axons ...
The Nervous System: Neural Tissue
... 1. Soma - cell body a. contains all organelles except centrioles (thus neurons are not able to reproduce) b. Nissl bodies – complex rough ER network with many ribosomes. 2. Dendrites – typically shorter processes that convey impulses toward the soma. 3. Axons – longer process (up to 3-4 ft) that con ...
... 1. Soma - cell body a. contains all organelles except centrioles (thus neurons are not able to reproduce) b. Nissl bodies – complex rough ER network with many ribosomes. 2. Dendrites – typically shorter processes that convey impulses toward the soma. 3. Axons – longer process (up to 3-4 ft) that con ...
Concepts of Neurobiology
... CNS: neurons, composed of: Cell body, contains nucleus Axon, transmits message to next cell Dendrites, receives messages from cells Three classes of neurons in CNS Afferent (sensory) Efferent (motor) Interneurons in CNS ...
... CNS: neurons, composed of: Cell body, contains nucleus Axon, transmits message to next cell Dendrites, receives messages from cells Three classes of neurons in CNS Afferent (sensory) Efferent (motor) Interneurons in CNS ...
Neurons, Synapses, and Signaling
... Sensory receptors collect information about the world outside the body as well as processes inside the body. Ex. The rods and cones of the eye; pressure receptors in the skin. Sensory neurons transmit information from the eyes and other sensors that detect stimuli to the brain or spinal cord ...
... Sensory receptors collect information about the world outside the body as well as processes inside the body. Ex. The rods and cones of the eye; pressure receptors in the skin. Sensory neurons transmit information from the eyes and other sensors that detect stimuli to the brain or spinal cord ...
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... fibre Acetylcholine released between a motor neuron and a heart muscle fibre Neurotransmitters can be removed ...
... fibre Acetylcholine released between a motor neuron and a heart muscle fibre Neurotransmitters can be removed ...
Neurons - Scott Melcher
... tip of the sending neuron and the dendrite or cell body of the receiving cell is called a synapse. The tiny gap at this junction is called the synaptic gap or cleft. When neurons are firing and action potentials are traveling down an axon, neurotransmitters are send through the synapse. Neurotransmi ...
... tip of the sending neuron and the dendrite or cell body of the receiving cell is called a synapse. The tiny gap at this junction is called the synaptic gap or cleft. When neurons are firing and action potentials are traveling down an axon, neurotransmitters are send through the synapse. Neurotransmi ...
EQ2.3 - nerve cells communicate-
... the membrane due to two phenomenas: electrical and chemical movement. Next, special proteins move ions back and forth across the membrane. Nerves tend to be interconnected by forming electrical activities. They communicate through neurotransmitters with another an nerve cell or a tissue of some kind ...
... the membrane due to two phenomenas: electrical and chemical movement. Next, special proteins move ions back and forth across the membrane. Nerves tend to be interconnected by forming electrical activities. They communicate through neurotransmitters with another an nerve cell or a tissue of some kind ...
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... reflex may not be produced, however if several small pinches are rapidly applied they trigger a reflex. This is called temporal summation. ...
... reflex may not be produced, however if several small pinches are rapidly applied they trigger a reflex. This is called temporal summation. ...
the nervous system
... the neuron membranes • The space between neurons is called the synapse • Neurotransmitters carry impulses across the synapse ...
... the neuron membranes • The space between neurons is called the synapse • Neurotransmitters carry impulses across the synapse ...
The Nervous System: Neural Tissue
... 8. The __________________ __________________ __________________ is the period of time when the Na gates are open & a second stimulus can NOT come down the axon – no matter how strong it is. 9. The __________________ __________________ __________________ is the time immediately after the Na gates clo ...
... 8. The __________________ __________________ __________________ is the period of time when the Na gates are open & a second stimulus can NOT come down the axon – no matter how strong it is. 9. The __________________ __________________ __________________ is the time immediately after the Na gates clo ...
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... A. The morphology of peripheral somatic sensory receptors on hairy skin (left) and hairless, or glabrous, skin (right). B. The muscle spindle organ (top inset) is a stretch receptor located within the muscle. It receives an efferent innervation from the spinal cord that maintains receptor sensitivit ...
... A. The morphology of peripheral somatic sensory receptors on hairy skin (left) and hairless, or glabrous, skin (right). B. The muscle spindle organ (top inset) is a stretch receptor located within the muscle. It receives an efferent innervation from the spinal cord that maintains receptor sensitivit ...
big
... – Inside myelin, diffusion is fast, but fades out – At nodes, new action potentials are triggered ...
... – Inside myelin, diffusion is fast, but fades out – At nodes, new action potentials are triggered ...
The Nervous System
... • The binding of the acetylcholine receptors on the sarcolemma signals the release of acetylcholinesterase from the sarcolemma. • This enzyme breaks down acetylcholine in the synaptic cleft. One molecule of acetylcholinesterase breaks down 25,000 molecules of acetylcholine each second. This speed ma ...
... • The binding of the acetylcholine receptors on the sarcolemma signals the release of acetylcholinesterase from the sarcolemma. • This enzyme breaks down acetylcholine in the synaptic cleft. One molecule of acetylcholinesterase breaks down 25,000 molecules of acetylcholine each second. This speed ma ...
Chapter 2: Brain Development
... • A variety of chemicals signal cells to turn into specialized cells • Ectodermal cells are inhibited by molecules, signalling a development into neural cells and not skin cells • After neural cell determination: ...
... • A variety of chemicals signal cells to turn into specialized cells • Ectodermal cells are inhibited by molecules, signalling a development into neural cells and not skin cells • After neural cell determination: ...
The Neural Control of Behavior
... chord •PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM: the entire set of cranial and spinal nerves that connect the central nervous system (brain and spinal chord) to the body’s sensory organs, muscles, and glands. •NERVE: a large bundle containing the axons of many neurons. Located in the PNS, nerves connect the CNS wi ...
... chord •PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM: the entire set of cranial and spinal nerves that connect the central nervous system (brain and spinal chord) to the body’s sensory organs, muscles, and glands. •NERVE: a large bundle containing the axons of many neurons. Located in the PNS, nerves connect the CNS wi ...
chapter29_Sections 6
... • Action potentials cannot pass directly from a neuron to another cell • Chemicals relay signals from a neurons (presynaptic cell) to another neuron, muscle or gland (postsynaptic cell) across a fluid-filled synaptic cleft • synapse • Region where a neuron’s axon terminals transmit signals to anothe ...
... • Action potentials cannot pass directly from a neuron to another cell • Chemicals relay signals from a neurons (presynaptic cell) to another neuron, muscle or gland (postsynaptic cell) across a fluid-filled synaptic cleft • synapse • Region where a neuron’s axon terminals transmit signals to anothe ...