Lecture 14 Flashcards

1
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nAchR

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Nicotine Acetyl choline receptor

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2
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What do these proteins have to function as first?

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A receptor before a channel

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3
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What is a terminal axon?

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Most distal part of pre-synaptic cell

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4
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What is the inhibitor Curare?

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Plant alkaloid - found in South America.. poison arrows

Partially blocks receptor site.

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5
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What is the inhibitor Alpha Bungarotoxin?

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Venom from the Southeast Asian banded Krait

High affinity for AchRs (stronger affinity, binds stronger)

95 Amino Acid Sequence

Irreversible Binding

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6
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What is a Motor Unit?

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A motor neuron and all of the muscle fibres it plugs into

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7
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What is a single motor apha neuron

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No muscle fibres

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8
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Is an inhibitory neuron active?

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Yes. Always active - just releases different neurotransmitter.

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9
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What is an inward current?

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Sodium rushing into the cell.

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10
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Where is the cell body?

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In the grey matter of the ventral root.

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11
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What is the predominant form of neurons operating?

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Inhibitory neurons - control

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12
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Where is the Alpha Motor Neuron located?

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Cell Body (ventral root) of spinal cord

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13
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What is an excitatory neurotransmitter?

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Glutamate

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14
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Where does Glutamate come from?

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Upper motor neurons, sensory neurons via Interneurons (cell body confined in grey matter)

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15
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What is a primary reflex?

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Don’t need the neural impulse to hit the interneuron first

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16
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What are inhibitory neurotransmitters?

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Glycine and GABA via spinal cord interneurons

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17
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What is the purpose of endocytosis?

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Obtain cell nutrients, absorb/digest pathogens and cell debris (broken cells)

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18
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Where is Pinocytosis seen?

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In neuromuscular junction.

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19
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How many AcH sites are there on the primary synaptic cleft

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20,000 binding sites per micrometer squared

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20
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How many subunits in the nAchR

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5 protein sub-unit

21
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How many Ach are required per receptor?

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2 Ach Are required per receptor.

22
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What is the Alpha Bunagrotoxin?

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Venom from a snake, it is an NachR inhibitor, it has a strong affinity for nAchR’s

23
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Where is the single a-motor neuron located?

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In the grey matter of the ventral root.

24
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What is an inward current representing?

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Sodium flooding into the cell

25
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What might you need in order for an action potential to be reached?

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Need two excitatory neurotransmitters working at the same time.

26
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What would an inhibitory neurotransmitter do?

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Put it below the resting potential (hyper polarization)

27
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What do excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmitters do?

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They work together to put on gas and breaks of an action potential (very controlled)

28
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Where is an alpha motor neuron located?

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In the spinal cord, particularly in the your cell body (grey matter)

29
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Where does your excitatory post-synaptic potential come from?

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Excitatory neurotransmitters (glutamate)

30
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Where does Glutamate (or excitatory neurotransmitters) come from?

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Upper motor neurons, sensory neurons.

31
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How do you get from you sensory neurons to your motor neurons

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Via the interneuron

32
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What is the reflex arc?

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A reflex arc is a neural pathway that controls a reflex. In vertebrates, most sensory neurons do not pass directly into the brain, but synapse in the spinal cord.

33
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What are inhibitory neurotransmitters?

A

Glycine and GABA

34
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Where do inhibitory neurotransmitters come from?

A

Spinal Cord Interneurons

35
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How do cells transport?

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Via vesicles budding or by the cytoplasm pinching the cell and is being recycled back into the pre-synaptic membrane

36
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What is the purpose of endocytosis?

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Endocytosis is the movement of out to in.
Obtain cell nutrients, absorb/digest pathogens and cell debris

37
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What is Pinocytosis?

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A process by which the cell takes in the fluids along with dissolved small molecules.

38
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Where is Pinocytosis seen?

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In the neuromuscular junction

39
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What does pinocytosis form?

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A endoscope

40
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What is Phagocytosis?

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Process by which certain living cells called phagocytes ingest or engulf other cells or particles.

41
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What does Phagocytosis form?

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Large endoscope called phagocytes

42
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What is receptor mediated endocytosis?

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Endosomes are formed

Involves particle recognition and membrane protein receptors

It concentrates particles to endocytic region of the membrane

43
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What is Clathrin?

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A protein concentrated over endocytosis region of the membrane.

44
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What are endoscopes?

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Are primarily intracellular sorting organelles. They regulate trafficking of proteins and lipids among other subcellular compartments of the secretory and endocytic pathway, specifically the plasma membrane Golgi, trans-Golgi network (TGN), and vacuoles/lysosomes.

45
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What does Clathrin form?

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A clathrin coat

46
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What does Cathrin facilitate?

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The capture of extracellular particles.

47
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What is Clathrin attached by?

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Adaptic protein complexes - AP1) and AP2

48
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What are characteristics of the clathrin structure?

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3 legs (proximal, distal and N-terminus) with 1 heavy chain and 1 light chain per leg.

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