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13 Cards in this Set
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What are the two characteristic physiological features of all cells? |
Membrane or transmembrane potential, and resting membrane potential. |
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What do all living cells have that varies from moment to moment depending on the activities of the cell? |
Membrane potential |
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What is the membrane potential of an unstimulated cell? |
Resting membrane potential |
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What begins with a change in the resting membrane potential of a neuron? |
All neural activites |
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What is a typical stimulus that produces a temporary, localized change in the resting membrane potential called? |
Graded Potential |
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What decreases with distance form the stimulus? |
The effect of graded potential |
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What is created in the membrane of the axon if the graded potential is large enough? |
Action potential |
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What is propagated during an action potential along the surface of an axon? |
Electrical impulse |
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The electrical impulse in action potential does not ___________ as it moves away from its source. |
Deminish |
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Where does the electrical impulse in action potential travel to? |
One or more synapses |
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The integration of stimuli at the level of the individual cell is the simplest from of what in the nervous system? |
Information Processing |
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What two things do the response of the postsynaptic cell receiving the stimuli ultimately depend on? |
What stimulated receptors do and What other stimuli are influencing the cell at the same time |
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What processes do you need to understand to know how neurons deal with information and communicate with one another and with peripheral effectors? |
Resting potential, Graded potential, Action Potential, Synaptic Activity, Information processing |
