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04/24/2012

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all animals share similarities in which they:
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exchange materials with surroundings, obtain energy from organic nutrients, synthesize complex molecules, duplicate themselves(reprod.), detect and respond to aignals in their immediate enviroment
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cell walls, phtotsynethis
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animals lack what?
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rapid coordinated movement
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used in pursuit of food or avoidance of predators
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animal tissue
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specialized cells of a given type cluster together to perform a specific function
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4 main groups of animal tissue
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muscle, nervous tissue, and connective
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3 types fo muscle tissue
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skeletal, smooth, and cardiac
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skeletal muscle
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attached to bone or exoskeleton for locomotion and voluntary control
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smooth muscle
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surrounds hollow tubes and cavities for propulsion of contents, involuntary control
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cardiac muscle
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only in hearts involuntary control
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nervous tissue
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intiates and conducts electrical signals from one part of the animals body to another. causes muscles to contract and glands to release chemicals
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epithial cells
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sheets of densely packed cells that cover the body of indiviual organs and line the wall of the body cavity. protect, provide permeability, and secrete or absorb materials. rest on basal lamina or basement membrane( secreted extracellular matrix)
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connective tissues
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includes blood fat bone cartilage
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connective tissue functions
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provides scaffold for attachment, protects and cushions, gives mechanical strength, transmit mechanical forces
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organs
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composed of two or more kinds of tissues, organized together to provide coordinated functions
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two main body fluids
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intracellular and extracellular
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intracellular
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fluid inside cells
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extracellular
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fluid outside of cells
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interstitial fluid
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fluid between cells outside vessels
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nutrient
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any substance consumed by an animal that is needed for growth development tissue repair and reproduction
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nutrient absorbtion
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small molecules are often transported from area of digestion to animals circ. sys.
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transport work, mechanical work, chemical work
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ATP energy can be usd for:
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transport work
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one side of membrane to another
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mechanical work
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physical movement muscles. motor protein
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chemical work
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sythesis of molecules
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nutrients
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can be used as chemical building blocks( sugar amino acid) or as cofactors and coenzymes
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5 organic food molecules
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carbs, proteins, lipids, nucliec acid, vitamins
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inorganic minerals
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phosphate, potassium, sodium, calcium, iron
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4 groups of essential nutrients
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amino acids, vitamins, fatty acids, minerals
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8 ess. amino acids for animals
( cannot be synthesized by animals own cells)
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isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalamine, therona, tryptophan, valive
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intracellular and extracellular
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2 types of digestion
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intracellular digestion( sponges)
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break down of materials that rely in cells, takes in tiny bits of food
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extracellular digestion
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occurs in body cavitity, allows larger food particles to be taken in
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alimentary canal
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single elongated tube with entry and exit ends, musclular action propels food in one direction through the sys, lined by epithial cells sythesize and secrete digestive enzymes secrete hormones. an integrated organ sys.
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teeth( dentition) and tongue
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aid in breaking food into smaller pieces and swallowing
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saliva
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released by salivary glands, moistens and lubricates food, dissolved food particles help to activate tast and increase digestive enzymes
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lysozyme
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enzyme in saliva kills ingested bacteria
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pharynx
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regulates movement of food into esophagus
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esophagus
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transmits food from pharynx to stomach
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crop
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for storage and softenging not digestion( found in birds and many invertebrates
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hydrochloric acid
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secreted by parietal cells in walls of pits kills microbes dissolves particular matter
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pepsinogen
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secreted by chief cells in walls of pit , inactive form converted to pepsin to begin protein digestion
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liquid chyme
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digestive processes and churning reduces food to...
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stomach muscles and plyoric sphincter
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regulate rate of emptying into small intestine
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cellulase enzymes
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herbivores lack this in order to help diggest cellulose, they rely on microbes instead
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parts of a ruminant complex stomach
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forestomach, abomasum, omasum
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forstomach
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3 lower esophageal pouches
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omasum
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absorbs some of the water and salts from food
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abomasum
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treu stomach, eventually food microbes enter, contains acid and proteolytic enzymes
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inner lumenal surface
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digestive enzymes are found on here or are secreted into lumen
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mucosa
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the internal surface epithilium that is folded
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villi
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finger like projections on mucosal surface, each has capillaries
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capillaries
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nutrients other than fat that is absorbed
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lacteal lymphatic vessel
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allows for larger fat particles to enter, eventually dumped into blood
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microvilli
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epithelial cells are covered with this which creates a brush order
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villi and microvilli surface area increase 600 fold
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increases likelihood of encountering digestive enyzmes and being absorbed
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larger cecum
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houses cellulose digesting microbes
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disaccharidases
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expressed as membrane proteins on the walls of the intestine
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intestinal peptisdases
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secreted into lumen and on lumenal surfaces
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pancreas
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secretes digestive enzymes and bicarbonate ion rich fluid released into small intestine
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bicarbonate
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neutralizes acidic stomach chyme as it enters small intestine
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liver
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site of bile production
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carbonate ions and bile salt
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bile contains..
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gallbladder
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site of bile storage
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large intestine
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primary function is to store and concetrate fecal matter and absorb some salt and water
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larger intestine structure
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ascending ,transverse, and descending segments. terminal portion of alimentary canal- rectum and anus
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neurons
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cells in the nervous sys. that use electrical empulses to transmit signals to other cells and regions of the body
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neuron structure
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contains nucleus and many other cellular organelles
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dendrites
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multiply branching short fibrous extensions of plasma membrane, may be single, transmit incoming electrical signals
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axons
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longer fibrous extensions of plasma membrane typically single but can branch
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3 types of neurons
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sensory, motor, and interneurons
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sensory neurons
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detects stimuli from external world or internal body condition, act as sensory receptors or interact with sensory receptors
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motor neurons
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in verterbrates send signals away from CNS to elicit response
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interneurons
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form inter connection
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reflex arc
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involves all 3 types of neurons stimulus form sensory neurons sent to CNS , little or no interpretation signal transmitted to motor neurons to elicit response
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glial cells
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10-1000 more numerous than neurons
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types of glial cells
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astrocyte, microglial, radial glia, oligodendrocytes
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astrocytes
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metabolic support and protect
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microglia
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remove cellular debris
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radial glia
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form tracks for neuronal migration
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membrane potential
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voltage across cell membranes, diff in charge inside and outside the cell
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plasma membrane
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acts as a barrier seperating charges ions concentrations differ between the inside and outside cell
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myelinsheath
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formed by oligodendrocytes and schwann cells
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voltmeter
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records voltage difference between microelectrodes inside and outside the neuron
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resting membrane potential
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when neurons are not sending signals
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electrochemical gradient
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combined effects of electrical and chemical gradients determine how ions move across the membrane
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depolarization
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cell membrane potential becames less negative inside of cell . gated channels open allowing Na+ to flow in and membrane potiential becomes more positive
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hyperpolarization
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cell membrane becomes more polarized k+ moves out of cell causing it to become less positive
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voltage gated
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open and closed in response to voltage changes
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ligand gated
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open and close in response to ligands or chemcals that bind to protein
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graded potential
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small amplitude depolarization or hyperpolarization amplitude depends on strength of stimulis
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action potential
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always the same large amplitude depolarized
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axon diameter
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broad axons provide less resistance and action potential moves faster
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excitable cells
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capacity to generate and conduct electrical signals
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nervous sys
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biological basis for learning, consciousness and memory
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synapse
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junction between nerve terminals
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presynaptic cell
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sends signals to synaptic cleft and post synaptic cell
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2 types of synapses
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electrical and chemical
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chemical synapses
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neurotransmitter acts as a signal from presynaptic to postsynapic cell
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electrical synapses
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ions freely flow through gap juncgtions form cell to cell
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excitatory postsynaptic potential
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brings membrane closer to threshold potential opening of ligand sodium channels
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inhibitory postsynaptic potential
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takes membrane farther from threshold potential openign ligand gated potassium channels
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