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1
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Why does the brain need thiamine

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To enable it to metabolize glucose

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2
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The endoplasmic reticulum is a

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Network of then tubes that transport newly synthesized proteins

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_____ In the brain and spinal cord and _____ in the periphery are specialized tubes of glia that build the myelin sheath that surround neurons

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Oligodendrocytes; Schwann cells

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4
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Which type of glia remove waste material in the nervous system

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Astrocytes

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What type of glia helps to synchronize the activity of axons

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Astrocytes

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6
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Korsakoffs syndrome _____

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Is marked by severe memory impairments

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7
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Why do neurons rely so heavily on glucose as their source of nutrition

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Other fuels do not readily cross the blood brain barrier

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8
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The major disadvantage of a blood brain barrier is that

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Certain required chemicals must be actively transported

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9
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Glucose enters the brain via which type of transport

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Active transport

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10
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Chemicals are released by axons

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Into the junction between neurons

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The insulating material that covers many vertebrate axons is called the

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Myelin sheath

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12
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If you were to accidentally touch a hot stove with your hand you would quickly pull your hand away. the information Carried to the muscles in your arm to make them contract was carried by

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Efferent neurons

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13
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Neurons differ most strongly from other body cells in their

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shape

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14
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Ribosomes are the part of the cell that

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Synthesizes new proteins

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15
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Dendrites

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Are branching fibers that getting narrower near their ends

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16
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Water oxygen and ______ most freely flow across a cell membrane

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Carbon dioxide

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17
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If all of the neurons dendrites or axons were contained within the spinal cord it would be considered an ______ neuron

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Intrinsic

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18
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Which type of glia release chemicals that modify the activity of neighboring neurons

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Astrocytes

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19
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An axon has many branches each of which swells edits tip these are known as

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Presynaptic terminal’s

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20
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Nodes of Ranvier are

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Gaps in the Myelin of axons

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21
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A presynaptic terminal is also known as

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And and bulb

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22
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Glial cells whose function most closely resembles that of the immune system are called

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Microglia

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23
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Small charged molecules can cross the cell membrane through

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Protein channels

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24
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Glial cells

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Are smaller but more numerous than neurons in the human brain

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25
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What is the approximate resting potential of the inside of the neurons membrane relative to the outside

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-70 mV

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26
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The virus that manages to cross the blood brain barrier and enter the brain

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It remains there and may cause negative affects several years later

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27
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Which type of glia build myelin and sheath around axons in the periphery of the body

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Schwann cells

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28
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Neurons typically have one _____ but many _____

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Axon, dendrites

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29
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What type of neurons in the pons receive information only from other cells in the pons and send information only to other cells in the pons

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Intrinsic

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30
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Radial glia

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Guide the migration of neurons during embryonic development

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31
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As compared to dendrites axons usually

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Are covered with Myelin

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32
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The surface of the dendrite is lined with specialized junctions through which the dendrite receives information from other neurons what are these junctions called

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Synaptic receptors

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33
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Molecules that can cross the blood brain barrier are usually

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Molecules that can dissolve and the fact of the capillary walls

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34
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As a general rule axons convey information

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Away from their own cell body

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35
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What do neurons have the other cells do not

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Large branching extensions

36
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The structure that contains the cells chromosomes is called the

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Nucleus

37
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The two basic kinds of cells in the nervous system are

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Neurons and Glia

38
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Many dendrites contain short outgrowths called spine that

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Increase the surface area available for synapses

39
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The membrane of a neuron is composed of ____ with _____ embedded in them

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Fat molecules proteins

40
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What mechanism events or slow some chemicals from entering the brain while allowing others to enter

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The blood brain barrier

41
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The cell membrane is composed of two layers of

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Fat

42
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What leads to Korsakoff syndrome

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thiamine deficiency due to chronic alcoholism

43
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What is the main source of nutrition for vertebrate neurons

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Glucose

44
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The branching fibers that form the information receiving pole of the nerve cells are called

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Dendrites

45
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What structure is composed of two layers of fat molecules that are free to flower around one another

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The membrane

46
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What type of glial cells Myelinate axons in the brain and spinal cord

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Oligodendrocytes

47
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The idea that a neurons membrane is polarized refers to a difference in electrical potential between

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The inside and the outside of the membrane

48
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The net effect of each cycle of the sodium potassium pump is to

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Decrease the number of positively charged ions within the cell

49
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Which of the following is the advantage of having a resting potential

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The cell is prepared to respond quickly to a stimulus

50
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The function of a myelin sheath is too

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Increase the velocity of transmission along an axon

51
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In the normal course of an action potential

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Sodium remains much more concentrated outside than inside the neuron

52
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Electrical gradient lead to the

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Movement of ions to areas heavy opposite electrical charges

53
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Which of the following describes the transmission of information in a local neuron

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The signal decreases in strength as it travels

54
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What term describes the difference in voltage that typically exist between the inside and the outside of the neuron

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Resting potential

55
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When a neuron is at rest what is primarily responsible for moving potassium ions into the cell

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Both the sodium potassium pump and electrical gradient

56
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Which event will increase the concentration gradient of sodium

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Increasing activity of the sodium potassium pump

57
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The speed of an action potential done and on myelinated axon is best described as

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Faster in thick axons then in thin one

58
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Voltage activated channels are channel for which I change in the voltage across the membrane alters there

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Permeability

59
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What occurs when a stimulus shifts the potential inside a neuron from the resting potential doing more negative potential

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Hyperpolarization

60
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The resting potential is mainly the result of

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Negatively charged proteins inside the cell

61
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When I neurons membrane is at rest the concentration gradient tends to move sodium ______ the cell and the electrical gradient tends to move it _____ the cell

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Into into

62
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The primary feature of a neuron that prevents the action potential from traveling back from where it just passed is the

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Refractory period

63
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At what point do the sodium gates begin to close shutting out further entry of sodium into the cell

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At the peak of the action potential

64
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A drug that blocks the sodium gates of a neuron’s membrane will

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Block the action potential

65
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The concentration gradient refers to the

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Difference in distribution for various ions between the inside and out side of the membrane

66
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At the peak of the action potential the electrical gradient of potassium

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Pushes potassium out of the cell

67
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What causes potassium ions to leave the axon just after the peak of the action potential

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Continuing concentration gradient in the opening of the potassium gates

68
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What is one major cause for the resting potential of a neuron’s membrane

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The sodium potassium pump

69
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What occurs when depolarization is less than the cells threshold

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Sodium crosses the membrane only slightly more than usual

70
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Local anesthetic drugs attached to the sodium channels of the membrane which

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Prevents sodium ions from entering and stopping action potential

71
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The neuron will produce an action potential only if the depolarization exceeds the

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Threshold of excitation

72
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Under which conditions were the sodium potassium pump likely be far less if active in creating a concentration gradient

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If selective permeability of the membrane did not exist

73
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The action potential of a neuron depends mostly on what movement of ions

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Sodium ions entering the cell

74
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Ordinarily stimulation of a neuron takes place

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At the synapse

75
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When the neuronal membrane is it rest the potassium leak channels

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Permit potassium ions to pass slowly

76
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After the peak of an action potential with prevent sodium ions from continuing to enter the cell

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The sodium gates in the membrane close

77
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The resting potential of a neuron refers to the

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Net negative charge of the inside of the neuron

78
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When the neuronal membrane is it rest the sodium channels

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Are closed so there’s almost no flow of sodium

79
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According to the all or non-law

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Once an axon reaches threshold the amplitude and velocity of an action potential are nearly equal each time

80
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Which action with depolarize a neuron

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Increasing membrane permeability to sodium

81
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The all or none law states that

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A neuron produces an action potential of maximal strength or not at all

82
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When I neurons membrane is at rest the concentration gradient tends to move potassium ____ the cell and the electrical gradient tends to move it ______ the cell

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Out of, into

83
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When I membrane is at rest what attracts sodium ions to the inside of the cell

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Both an electrical gradient and a concentration gradient

84
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Which of the following describes selective permeability

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Only certain molecules are allowed to cross the membrane freely

85
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What action tends to open the sodium gates across a neuron’s membrane

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Depolarization of the membrane

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