Chapter 12.2 : Electrical Potentials Flashcards

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What are the four types of electrical potentials?

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Resting Membrane Potentials
Local Potentials
Action Potentials
Receptor Potentials

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All cells have a _____ membrane potential

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resting

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3
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Nerves have resting potential when

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not stimulated

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Dendrites exhibit local potentials (similar to receptor potentials) after

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stimulus moves resting potential towards threshold

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Local potentials are

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graded, decremental, reversible, and either excitory or
inhibitory

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If stimulus great enough it spreads to the

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trigger zone (axon hillock)

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If a local potential stimulus reaches trigger zone then it initiates an action potential that

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travels down axon (all or none and uni-directional)

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Electrical potential

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a difference in the concentration of
charged particles separated by a barrier (the unit membrane)

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9
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Voltage values may vary depending on

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tissue type

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10
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Voltage

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separation of ions

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Electrical current

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the flow of ions

in the body, currents created by movement of ions (e.g. Na+ or K+) through gated channels in the plasma membrane

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gated channels

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are opened or closed by various stimuli
(voltage / ligand / mechanical)

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13
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regulated gates enables cell to allow ____ ___ ___ /// results in _______ ______ /// creates mechanism that can be used to ______ cellular events

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ions to flow ; electrical currents ; regulate

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All living cells are polarized // called the

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resting membrane potential (RMP)

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15
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resting membrane potential (RMP)

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charge difference across the plasma
membrane

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16
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What number is the resting potential?

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-70 mV RMP

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negative value means

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there are more
negatively charged particles on the inside of
the membrane than on the outside (like a little
battery)

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18
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nervous and muscle tissue may ____ their
resting membrane potential // sequentially
_______ and ______ gates to first
reverse then restore the charge across the
membrane // excitable tissue

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alter ; opening ; different

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19
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RMP exists because of

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unequal electrolyte distribution across
membrane

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20
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resting membrane is much less _______ to Na+
than K+

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permeable

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21
Q

70% of the energy requirement of the nervous system is
used to power what pump

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Na+/K+ ATPase pump

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Na+/K+ ATPase pump

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Transmembrane protein channels // moves out 3 Na+
and moves in 2 K+ for each ATP consumed

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Local potential

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Current movement across dendrite and soma

response is initiated at the dendrite then spreads
across the soma to trigger zone

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If stimulus great enough then local potential reaches the trigger
zone /// achieves “threshold” and an _______ ______ results

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action potential

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Other names for local potentials are
end plate potential or receptor potential
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Local potential occurs when a neuron
is stimulated by chemicals, light, heat or mechanical disturbance
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Sodium ions move into neuron at dendrites or somas when a neuron is
stimulated
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depolarization
Voltage measured across the membrane drifts toward zero – Stimulus opens the Na+ gates and allows Na+ to rush in to the cell – Na+ inflow neutralizes some of the internal negative charge
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There are four characteristics that distinguish local potentials from the action potentials. What are they?
Graded Decremental Reversible Either excitatory or inhibitory
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Graded
* vary in magnitude with stimulus strength * stronger stimuli open more Na+ gates
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Decremental
* get weaker the farther they spread from the point of stimulation * voltage shift caused by Na+ inflow diminishes rapidly with distance
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Reversible
* get weaker the farther they spread from the point of stimulation * voltage shift caused by Na+ inflow diminishes rapidly with distance
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Either excitatory or inhibitory
* E.g. / the neurotransmitter glycine make the membrane potential more negative * hyperpolarize membrane // less likely to produce an action potential // inhibitory
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Action potentialsis a more ______ change than local potential
dramatic
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Does an action potential resemble a positive feedback loop or a negative feedback loop?
positive feedback mechanism
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Produced by voltage-regulated ion gates in the plasma membrane at
axon hillock
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the axon hillock is the same thing as the
trigger zone
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How many gates per um2 are on a soma?
50-75
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How many gates per um2 are on a trigger zone?
350-500
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Between the soma and the trigger zone, which one cannot generate an action potential and which one is where the action potential is generated?
soma cannot generate an action potential trigger zone where action potential is generated
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if local potential spreads all the way to the _______ // can open gates at axon hillock and generate an _______
trigger zone ; action potential
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action potential
is a rapid up-and-down shift in the membrane voltage
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threshold
critical voltage which local potentials must reach in order to open the voltage-regulated gates at axon hillock
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___mV is threshold value in neurons
-55
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Action potential occurs so fast it is often referred to as a “____”
spike
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Four Phases
Resting – Depolarization – Repolarization - Hyperpolarizing
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In an action potential only a thin layer of the _____ next to the cell membrane is affected /// very few ____ are involved
cytoplasm ; ions
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characteristics of action potential versus a local potential
all-or-none law non-decremental irreversible
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all-or-none law
if threshold is reached, neuron fires at its maximum voltage if threshold is not reached it does not fire
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non-decremental
does not become weaker with distance
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irreversible
once started goes to completion and can not be stopped
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refractory period
the period of resistance to stimulation
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during an action potential and for a few milliseconds after, it is difficult or impossible to stimulate that region of a neuron to
fire again.
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two phases of the refractory period
absolute refractory period relative refractory period
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absolute refractory period
* no stimulus of any strength will trigger AP * as long as Na+ gates are open * from action potential to RMP
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relative refractory period
* only especially strong stimulus will trigger new AP * K+ gates are still open and any affect of incoming Na+ is opposed by the outgoing K+
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refractory period is occurring only at a _______ of the neuron’s membrane at one time. Other parts of the neuron can be ______ while the small part is in refractory period
small patch ; stimulated
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for communication to occur, the nerve signal must travel to the
end of the axon (reach synaptic knobs)
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saltatory conduction
the nerve signal seems to jump from node to node
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Saltatory Conduction is faster than conduction speed in an _______ fibers
unmyelinated