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Title

Lecture 4

Description

Action Potentials

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Subject

Physiology

Level

Undergraduate 2

Created

02/13/2011

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Term

typical mammalian threshold

Definition

-55

Term

bigger graded potential

Definition

higher frequency

Term

absolute refractory period

Definition

-prevents AP from overlapping and traveling backwards
-second AP cannot occur for 1-2 mseconds(time for Na channels to reset)

Term

relative refractory period

Definition

-follows ARP
-not all NA channel gates have reset
-K still open