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Physiology
Synapses
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08/02/2011

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Term
gap junctions
Definition
made up of connexions.
allows 2 cytosols to be connected.
Ephatic electrical connections.
eletrotonic currents can go from one cell to another.
and Depolarization also pass thru.
found in cardiac muscle and smooth muscle.
allows smooth coordination.
Term
connexons
Definition
are barrel channels, can twist open adn closed.
Term
Syncytium
Definition
sheet of electrically coupled cells.
contract as one unit.
ex. pacemaker smooth muscle cell.
Term
synapse
Definition
chemical connection
Term
axon hillock
Definition
most excitable area of neuorn
Term
epsp
Definition
excitatory postsyanpatic potential.
Term
IPSP
Definition
inhibitory postsynaptic potential.
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