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Sep. 15 Part B
Threshold, Action Potential, all or none, neuron
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Nursing
Graduate
09/16/2014

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WHAT ARE THE 4 TYPES OF POTENTIALS?
Definition
1) EQUILIBRIUM POTENTIAL, 2) RESTING MEMBRANE POTENTIAL 3) GRADED POTENTIAL 4) ACTION PORENTIALS
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WHAT ARE EQUILIBRIUM POTENTIALS DUE TO?
Definition
LEAK CHANNELS
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WHAT ARE RESTING MEMBRANE POTENTIALS DUE TO?
Definition
LEAK CHANNELS AND NA/K ATPASE. THE NA/K ATPASE DOESN'T PLAY A ROLE IN THE EQUILIBRIUM POTENTIAL.
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WHAT ARE GRADED POTENTIALS DUE TO?
Definition
LIGAND GATED CHANNELS
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WHAT 2 CATEGORIES CAN GRADED POTENTIALS BE BROKEN DOWN INTO?
Definition
EPSPs and IPSPs
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WHAT MUST BIND BEFORE YOU START TO SEE A INCREASE IN MOVEMENT TOWARD THRESHOLD?
Definition
A LIGAND. TO REACH THRESHOLD YOU MUST HAVE ENOUGH OF THE EPSPs BINDING TO ENOUGH LIGAND GATED CHANNELS TO BRING ENOUGH POSITIVE CHARGE INTO THE CELL TO BRING THE MEMBRANE POTENTAL FROM RMP TO THE THRESHOLD.
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WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU ADD ALL OF THE ESPS ALL THE WAY UP TO ABOUT 3 OR 4 MV BELOW THRESHOLD AND I STOP GENERATING EPSPS?
Definition
IT WOULD COME RIGHT BACK DOWN AND THOSE CHANNELS WOULD CLOSE. THE NA/K ATPASE WOULD MOVE THE NA BACK OUT OF THE CELL AND MOVE K BACK INTO THE CELL. WE REESTABLISH EVERYTHING BACK TO THE RESTING MEMBRANE POTENTIAL.
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IS THE THRESHOLD GRADED OR QUANTAL? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
Definition
IT IS GRADED. I CAN GET THERE, I CAN COME CLOSE OF GETTING THERE, OR I COULD BE A ONG WAYS AWAY FROM THERE.
Term
WHAT IS SUB THRESHOLD POTENTIAL?
Definition
WHEN A CELL CAN'T QUITE REACH THE THRESHOLD AND IT REESTABLISHES ITS RMP
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WHAT HAPPENS TO A CELL THAT HAS A SUBTHRESHOLD POTENTIAL BEING GENERATED IN IT?
Definition
NOTHING! IT GOES BACK TO REST.
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WHAT DOES THRESHOLD MEAN?
Definition
THRESHOLD IS THE VOLTAGE AT WHICH VOLTAGE GATED CHANNELS OPEN.
Term
HOW MANY GATES DOES THE VOLTAGE GATED NA CHANNEL HAVE ON IT?
Definition
2 AND EXTERNAL ACTIVATION GATE AND AN INTERNAL INACTIVATION GATE
Term
HOW MANT GATES DOES THE VOLTAGE GATED K CHANNEL HAVE ON IT?
Definition
1 WHICH IS THE ACTIVATION GATE
Term
WHAT IS THE ACTIVATION AND INACTIVATION GATES DOING WHILE AT SUB THRESHOLD? HOW MUCH NA GETS THROUGH THIS CHANNEL?
Definition
THE ACTIVATION GATE IS CLOSED AND THE INACTIVATION GATE IS OPEN. NO NA GETS THROUGH THE CHANNEL.
Term
WHAT TYPE OF CHARGE DOES A VOLTAGE GATED CHANNEL HAVE AT REST? HOW DO WE KNOW THE EXACT CHARGE?
Definition
A NEGATIVE CHARGE. FROM THE RMP
Term
WHAT CHARGE OF IONS ARE COMING THROUGH WHEN WE OPEN AN EXCITATORY LIGAND GATED CHANNEL?
Definition
POSITIVES
Term
HOW IS THE INACTIVATION VOLTAGE GATED NA CHANNEL OPEN?
Definition
THROUGH THE POSITIVE CHARGE THAT CAME IN THROUGH A LIGAND GATED CHANNEL. AS SOON AS THE NA COMES IN FROM THE LIGAND GATED CHANNEL IT BINDS TO THE NEXT CHANNEL AND OPENS IT. SO WE NOW HAVE AN OPEN ACTIVATION GATE AND AN OPEN INACTIVATION GATE. THE CHANNEL IS NOT OPEN. SO WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN? NA IS GOING TO RUSH IN.
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WHEN A LIGAND NA COMES IN WHAT KIND OF CHARGE DOES IT CAUSE? WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN NA COMES INTO THE CELL? WAHT IS THIS PROCESS KNOWN AS?
Definition
A POSITIVE CHARGE. SO WHEN NA COMES IN IT IS GOING TO OPEN ITS VOLTAGE GATED NA NEIGHBOR. IF I ACTIVATE ONE OF THE VOLTAGE GATED NA CHANELS THAT IS GOING TO ALLOW NA TO COME IN AND THAT IS GOING TO ACTIVATE ITS NEIGHBOR. WHICH MEANS IF I NEVER ACTIVATE THE FIRST ONE NOT FO THEM ARE ACTIVATED. BUT IF I ACTIVATE 1 OF THEM, ALL OF THEM ARE ACTIVATED. THE ALL OR NONE PHENOMENON.
Term
WILL THERE EVER BE A HALF WAY POTENTIAL?
Definition
NO
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WHICH VOLTAGE GATED CHANNELS ARE FAST AND SLOW?
Definition
NA IS FAST AND K IS SLOW
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HOW DO VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNELS DEACTIVATE?
Definition
THROUGH THE INACTIVATION GATE. IT SHUTS. AS SOON AS THE ACTIVATION GATES OPEN THE INACTIVATION GATE SLAMS SHUT.
Term
WHAT IS THE PERIOD CALLED AFTER DEPOLARIZATION?
Definition
REFRACTORY PERIOD
Term
WHAT ARE THE 2 VARIETES THAT REFRACTORY PERIODS COME IN?
Definition
ABSOLUTE AND RELATIVE
Term
WHAT HAPPENS IN THE ABSOLUTE REFRACTORY PERIOD?
Definition
WE CANNOT GENERATE ANOTHER ACTION POTENTIAL. 100% OF THE INATIVATION GATES ARE CLOSED. SO IF THE INACTIVATION GATE INSIDE THE CHANNEL IS DOESN'T MATTER IF THE ACTIVATION GATE IS OPEN OR NOT.
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DESCRIBE WHAT HAPPENS IN A REFRACTORY PERIOD?
Definition
DURING AN ABSOLUTE REFRACTORY PERIOD WHEN THE INACTIVATION GATES CLOSE, NOT ALL OF THOSE INACTIVATION GATES ARE GOING TO RESET AND REOPEN AT THE SAME TIME. SO IN A RELATIVE REFRACTORY PERIOD WE HAVE A PARTIAL RESETTING OF INACTIVATION GATES. WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT IF I HAVE A STRONGER STIMULUS I CAN GENERATE ANOTHER ACTION POTENTIAL.
Term
WHAT PREVENTS RETROGRADE TRANSMISSION?
Definition
BY CLOSING THE CHANNEL AND SETTING THE REFRACTORY PERIODS BEHIND AS WE MOVE DOWN THE NERVE OR PLASMA MEMBRANE.
Term
WHICH VOLTAGE GATED NA CHANNEL GATES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REFRACTORY PERIOD?
Definition
THE INACTIVATION GATES.
Term
SINCE VOLTAGE GATED NA CHANNELS AND K VOLTAGE GATED CHANNELS ARE OPEN AT THE SAME TIME WHY IS THERE STILL AN ACTION POTENTIAL?
Definition
VOLTAGE GATED K CHANNELS ARE REALLY SLOW. WHEN THE CELL BEGINS TO REPOLARIZE IT IS SLOW. SO WE END UP WITH A MEMBRANE POTENTIAL ACTUALLY DIPING DOWN BELOW RMP.
Term
WHAT IS HYPERPOLARIZATION DUE FROM?
Definition
TOO MUCH K MOVING BACK INTO THE CELL.
Term
PHASE A IS CALLED WHAT?
Definition
RMP
Term
WHICH CHANNELS OR PLASMA MEMBRANE PROTEIN ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RMP?
Definition
LEAK CHANNELS AND NA/K ATPASE
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WHAT IS PHASE B?
Definition
EPSP GRADED POTENTIAL
Term
WHAT GENERATES GRADED POTENTIAL?
Definition
LIGAND GATED CHANNELS (CATION INFLUX OR ANION EFFLUX)
Term
WHAT IS PHASE C?
Definition
DEPOLARIZATION
Term
WHAT CAUSES DEPOLARIZATION?
Definition
VOLTAGE GATED NA CHANNELS OPENING
Term
WHEN THE MEMBRANE POTENTIAL EQUALS 0MV WHAT IS THE POLARITY OF THE CELL? WHAT IS IT CALLED WHEN THE CELL GETS TO THIS POINT?
Definition
O. THERE IS NO CHARGE. IT IS NOTED THAT THE CELL IS DEPOLARIZED.
Term
WHAT GENERATES THE THRESHOLD POINT?
Definition
EVERYTHING FROM THE RMP UP TO THE THRESHOLD. ALL OF THIS IS CONSIDERED AN ACTION POTENTIAL
Term
WHAT VOLTAGE GATES CHANNEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACTION POTENTIAL?
Definition
NA
Term
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU BLOCK THE VOLTAGE GATES NA CHANNEL?
Definition
YOU WOULDN'T HAVE AN ACTION POTENTIAL. IT WOULD BE A NONDEPOLARIZING BLOCKER. A LOT OF THE LOCAL ANESTHETICS WORK THIS WAY.
Term
WHAT HAPPENS IN PHASE D?
Definition
REPOLARIZATION
Term
WHAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR REPOLARIZATION?
Definition
VOLTAGE GATES K CHANNELS
Term
WHAT IS PHASE E?
Definition
HYPERPOLARIZATION
Term
WHAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HYPERPOLARIZATION?
Definition
VOLTAGE GATED K CHANNELS
Term
WHAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RE-ESTABLISHING PHASE?
Definition
NA/K ATPASE. THEREFORE K IS MOVING BACK INTO THE CELL AND NA IS MOVING OUT. WE RE-ESTABLISH A CONCENTRATION GRADIENT.
Term
WHAT GRADIENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RMP?
Definition
THE CONCENTRATION GRADIENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RMP BECAUSE THE CONCENTRATION GRADIENT ESTABLISH THE EQUILIBRIUM POTENTIAL
Term
WHAT ARE THE 4 PARTS OF A NEURON?
Definition
CELL BODY AKA SOMA, THE AXON HILLOCTS, THE AXON, AND AT THE VERY END THERE IS A SYNAPTIC BOUTIN (TERMINAL).
Term
THE MYELIN SHEATH IS COMPOSED OF WHAT TYPE OF CELLS?
Definition
SCHWANN CELLS
Term
IS THE MYELIN SHEATH LIPID RICH?
Definition
YES
Term
WHAT IS RELEVANT OF THE MYELIN BEING LIPID RICH?
Definition
IF I HAVE SOME SORT OF CHARGE INSIDE OF THE AXON OR SOEM TYPE OF CHARGE OUTSIDE THE AXON AND IF THAT AXON IS WRAPPED BY THE SCHWANN CELLS IT CAN'T LEAK OUT OR ACROSS.
Term
AT WHAT PLACES IS THE AXON IN CONTACT WITH THE EXTRACELLULAR ENVIRONMENT?
Definition
NODES OF RANVIER
Term
WHAT CHANNELS ARE LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE NEURON?
Definition
LEAK CHANNELS AND NA/K ATPASE ARE EVERYWHERE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO ESTABLISH RMP EVERYWHERE
Term
WHAT CHANNELS ARE ONLY IN THE CELL BODY?
Definition
LIGAND GATED CHANNELS
Term
WHERE ARE THE VOLTAGE GATED CHANNELS LOCATED AT ON A NEURON?
Definition
THE AXON HILLOCTS
Term
WHERE IS THE LOCATED THAT DETERMINES IF AN ACTION POTENTIAL IS SENT DOWN A NERVE OR NOT?
Definition
THE NON-MYELINATED AREA BETWEEN THE CELL BODY AND THE AXON. IF THE VOLTAGE GATED CHANNELS IN THE AXON HILLOCTS HIS THRESHOLD THE IMPULSE GOES DOWN THE LINE.
Term
ARE THERE VOLTAGE GATED CHANNELS AT THE NODES OF RANVIER?
Definition
YES
Term
DESCRIBE SALUTATORY JUMPING.
Definition
THE MYELIN SHEATH SPEEDS UP CONDUCTION. YOU JUMP FROM NODE TO NODE AND SO FORTH AND THE CONDUCTANCE VELOCITY IS MUCH QUICKER.
Term
WHAT KIND OF CHANNELS ARE AT THE SYNAPTIC BOUTON?
Definition
VOLTAGE GATES CALCIUM CHANNELS.
Term
WHEN CALCIUM COMES INTO THE CELL AS A RESULT FROM DEPOLARIZATION OF THE SYNAPTIC BOUTON WHAT THEN HAPPENS?
Definition
WHEN WE HAVE NA INSIDE OF THE SYNAPTIC BOUTON IT DEPOLARIZES THE MEMBRANE RIGHT DOWN HERE TO THE SYNAPTIC TERMINAL THAT ALLOS THE CALCIUM TO COME IN. THE CALCIUM INFLUX CAUSES VESICLE EXOCYTOSIS AND NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE. IF YOU BLOCK THAT YOU GET NO NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE.
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