List the characteristics of a local potential versus an action potentials.  Describe where each happens and what type of gates are involved and what is achieved

Q: Explain what is meant by summation of graded potentials, and explain how summation may lead to an…

A: The “fundamental unit” of the nervous system is the neurons or nerve cells. These electrically…

Q: Describe the propagation of an action potential. Contrast this eventin myelinated and unmyelinated…

A: An action potential is produced in the body of the neuron and spread through its axon.  The action…

Q: Propagation of action potential and transmission mean:   current flow along the cell membrane…

A: Introduction: The action potential is the name given to the brief series of events that occur in the…

Q: The trigger for an action potential is:

A: The potential difference across a membrane is known as the Membrane Potential. Frequent, rapid…

Q: Draw a typical action potential (correctly label axis) and explain in words the roles of ion…

A: An action potential (AP) occurs when the membrane potential of a particular cell position rises…

Q: Explain how action potentials move down an axon.

A: An action potential is defined as a fast, transitory propagating sudden change in the resting…

Q: Describe the difference between graded and action potentials.

A: Graded potentials are caused by external stimuli (in sensory neurons) or by neurotransmitters…

Q: During the _____ phase of an action potential, both gates of the voltage regulated sodium channels…

A: The action potential (AP) is generated by the neurons and the muscle cells. The AP is comprised of…

Q: Define the terms Myelinization and saltatory conduction of action potentials?

A: Myelination and salutatory conduction have a strong effect on the action potential. It is studied…

Q: Explain why the strength of an action potential doesn’t decrease as it travels down an axon.

A: Action potential involves a transient change in the potential of a neuronal membrane that is caused…

Q: Describe how action potentials are produced, and their neural pathways.

A: Neurons are the basic unit of the nervous system that carry electrical stimuli throughout the body.…

Q: Describe how an Action Potential is conducted.

A: The body has a network of conductive cells known as neurons. The neurons are connected end to end,…

Q: Compare graded potentials and action potentials.

A: A graded potential is the nearby pace of progress of the potential concerning relocation, for…

Q: #Differentiate between membrane potential & action potential. In which cells action potentials…

A: The cells are the primary unit of life. An organism may be prokaryotic or unicellular. For example,…

Q: The potential difference that must be met in order for an action potential to be generated When the…

A: Action potential An action potential is defined as an electric impulse that travels down through a…

Q: Describe how different post-synaptic potentials can be summated on a single neuron to determine if…

A: Synapse is a junction that mediates information transfer from one neuron to another neuron or an…

Q: In an experiment, the extracellular [Na+] surrounding a nerve cell was reduced from 145 to 45 mM.…

A: In the presence and absence of an impulse, the nerve cells exist in two states known as action…

Q: Enumerate the events in action potential and explain what is taking place in  each event (focus on…

A: An action potential happens when a neuron or nerve cell sends information down an axon. It is an…

Q: Compare the characteristics of action potentials with those of synaptic potentials.

A: Action potential and synaptic potential are two important key terms in Human Nervous System. Here we…

Q: What is a graded potential, and what four events cancause it? Define decremental conduction of…

A: The neuron is the structural and functional unit of the nervous system. The neuron is also known as…

Q: Describe the resting potential for neurons. How is this potential established? Describe the…

A: A neuron or a nerve cell is the structural and functional unit of the nervous system. They are…

Q: describe the events tha

A: The nerve cell or neuron is the primary unit of communication of the nervous system. These cells…

Q: starting with an axon that is maintaining a resting potential, describe the sequence of events that…

A: Answer: AXON = It is the part of the neuron , which is long, slender in structure , which conducts…

Q: Describe the four stages of an action potential in what is happening in each stage

A: The nerve impulse is changed in membrane voltage. Normally all the cells have a change in the…

Q: what is the correct order of the phases of an action potential

A: Introduction: The resting membrane potential, often known as the resting potential, is a voltage…

Q: Which are the three different phases of action potential and what characterizes each?

A: Action potential generates when the neurons want to pass the information along the body from its…

Q: Explain the steps that lead to the formation of an action potential.

A: The action potential is the state of excitability at which the membrane depolarizes and allows to…

Q: What takes place during the depolarization phase of an action potential? How is it an example of a…

A: Introduction:To communicate and respond to the stimulus, neurons need to communicate with each…

Q: The most common neurotransmitter involved in the transmission of an action potential is

A: Neurotransmitters are chemical messengers. They carry chemical signals from one neuron to next…

Q: Describe the events of an action potential in terms of ions and gates or channels beginning with the…

A: ACTION POTENTIAL is electrical impulse required to bring about the response to a stimulus.  For the…

Q: What stage of the action potential is illustrated by the set up shown? interstitial fluid anon…

A: Action potential takes place through a series of events that occurs when an nerve impulse in…

Q: How does an action potential differ from a local potential?How do depolarizing and hyperpolarizing…

A: Nerve cells conduct electrical impulses to bring out a certain biochemical reaction. When a sudden…

Q: State the all-or-none law of the action potential.

A: When excitable cells such as a neuron, muscle cells, and endocrine cells are given a stimulus, the…

Q: Which of the following is the rapid upstroke in the action potential?A. Phase 0B. Phase 1C. Phase…

A: Within the cytoplasm of cells in the heart are specific populations of cells that are specialised…

Q: A supra-threshold stimulus will induce: A graded potential An action potential of higher amplitude…

A: If any neuron doesn't reach its threshold voltage then there will be no action potential execution.

Q: The following graph shows that if a neuron is depolarized briefly and then hyperpolarized slightly,…

A: In nerve cells, Na+ is important for generation of the action potential. As the Na+ current is…

Q: During the rising phase of an action potential, which which voltage gated channels are open?

A: Neurons communicate with one another by electric signals which are triggered by an action potential.…

Q: Describe how action potentials are propagated and each step of action potential , be sure to know…

A: The action potential is defined as sudden and fast propagating change taking place in the cell…

Q: Why there is a refractory period in the action potential?

A: Action potential occurs in a cell due to the rapid rise and fall of the membrane potential of the…