bms final Flashcards
dendrites:
receive input from other nerves
when dendrites receive input from other nerves…
action potential is sent
synapse
where 2 nerves meet but don’t directly touch
myelin
wraps nerves and moves messages quicker, but niot all nerves have it
nerves shift between 2 states
resting potential and action potential
resting potential:
doesn’t have to be passing messages all the time
could be making ATP and preparing to divide
doesn’t have to always be electrically active
ready for action potential
-70 milivolts
in resting potential what ions are charged
sodium and potassium
action potential process
dendrites->cell body->axon->synapse
action potential ion channels
lets sodium through but not potassium
during resting potential where is most of the sodium
outside the cell, potassium is mostly inside
action potential millivolts
-55
ion channels cannot be where _____ is
myelin, must be where myelin is not
CNS
brain, spinal cord
PNS
everything else is peripheral nervous system
2 brain hemispheres
corpus collosum, wrinkles and folds on surface
corpus collosum
middle of the brain where it can crossover
wrinkles + skin folds on surface
increased surface area + fit more nerves
receptors
allows stimuli to be recognized, signal is sent to nerve then brain
human senses
hearing, sight,taste,smell,touch
hearing:
receptors receive waves of pressure
eardrum
moves back and forth when hit by waves
ossicles
3 small bones in middle ear
what are the 3 small bones in the middle ear
hammer, anvil, strip
cochlea
filled with fluid and hair cells, when fluids moves around it moves the hair cells which generate an action potential
Eustachia tube
from inner ear to back of throat, periodically opens and closes and allows the ear to repressurize so middle parts at atmospheric pressure