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Undergraduate 1
06/03/2007

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golmerulus
Definition
balls of capillaries inside bowmans capsule that receives plasma also the site of filtration
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Neurons
Definition
receive, encode, and transmit info
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glial cells
Definition
support and orient neurons, provide nutrients, consume particles, communicate with gap junctions
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effectors
Definition
muscles and glands
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action potentials
Definition
nerve impulses
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cell body (nucleus and organelle)
axon (carries info away from body)
dendrite (receives info)
axon terminals (release neurotansmitters)
Definition
4 regions of Neuron
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mylen sheath
Definition
made of schwann cells type of glial cell wraps around axon for electrical insulation
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astrocytes
Definition
contribute to blood brain barrier that protects brain from toxins by surrounding smallest blood vessels in brain Alcohol permeable and anesthetics
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sensory neuron - motor neuron - muscle cell
Definition
simple system
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membrane potential
Definition
difference in voltage across plasma membrane of neuron
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resting potential
Definition
unstimulated neuron - 60 milivolts
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action potential
Definition
1-2 miliseconds inside of cell more positive than outside
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nerve impulses
Definition
action potentials that travel along axons
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electrical charges
Definition
charged ions (na+, Cl-, K+, Ca2+)
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sodium potasium pump
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releases Na+ for K+ that are outside cell keeps [K+] inside greater than extracellular fluid & [Na] inside less than outside
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chemically gated channels
Definition
depends on specific molecule that binds to protein receptor
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depolarized
Definition
Na+ channels open, enter Na+, more positive overall charge
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hyperpolarized
Definition
Cl- channels open, Cl- moves in, more negative cell
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depolarized
Definition
Normal
1. Na channels close, K+ stay open longer to take excess charge out
2. cant respond for another 1-2 miliseconds
Refractory period time interval after action potential
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used giant squid to study electrical properties of axomal membranes "patch clamping" isolated patches of membrane and showed opening/closing of channel
Definition
Hodkin & Huxley (1940)
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Nodes of Ranvier
Definition
gaps in myelin wrapping where auxin is exposed with ion clusters AP at node, jumps to next node via saltaoy conduction
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saltatoy conductions
Definition
electric current through cytoplasm not channels
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synapse
Definition
where are messages exchanged at
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presynaptic cell
Definition
sends message to post synaptic cell and neurons that made them
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Neuronmuscular junction
Definition
synapses between muscle cells and neurons that moove them
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acetylcholine
Definition
neurotransmitter used by all vertebrate motor neurons, releases when vescle fuses with presynaptic membrane
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excitatory
Definition
post synaptic neuron responds to chemical stimulus by depolarizing
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inhibitory
Definition
post synaptic neuron hyperpolarizes
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excitatory
Definition
glutamate
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monoamines
Definition
derivative of amino acids (serotonin and dopamine)
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