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Membrane Potential Flashcards

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What are the 3 types of Cell Signalling?

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Endocrine
Paracrine
Autocrine

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What is Endocrine signalling?

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Endocrine signals target distant cells. Endocrine cells produce hormones that travel through the blood to reach all parts of the body

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What is Paracrine signalling?

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Paracrine signals target cells in the vicinity of the emitting cell. Neurotransmitters represent an example

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What is Autocrine signalling?

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Autocrine signals are produced by the target cell, are secreted, and affect the target cell itself via receptors. An example of this are immune cells.

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What is the resting potential voltage of a Nerve Cell?

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-70 mv

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What is the resting potential voltage for a smooth muscle cell?

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-40 mv

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What is the resting potential voltage for a skeletal muscle cell?

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-90 mv

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What is the Nernest equation used for?

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Calculating how much of an ion is present at a given time.

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What is present inside the cell in greater amounts during resting potential, potassium or Sodium?

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Potassium

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What are the two gradients at play regarding resting potential?

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Concentration gradient

Electro-chemical gradient

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During an action potential, what comes in and what goes out of the cell?

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Potassium out and sodium in

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What are the 4 phases of action potential?

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Polarized
Depolarised
Repolarized
Hypopolarized

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What is polarized?

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Negative inside the cell but positive outside

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What is depolarised?

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The cell becomes positive inside the cell and negative outside

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What is repolarised?

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When the positive cell returns to negative inside and positive outside

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What is Hyperpolarization?

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When the cell becomes too negative and needs to restablise

17
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What is the Absolute Refactory Period?

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the period immediately following the firing of a nerve fiber when it cannot be stimulated no matter how great a stimulus is applied

18
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When does the Relative Refactory period occur?

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During hyperpolarization until the cell stabilizes to resting potential

19
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What direction does a signal travel?

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Only forward - because behind the cell is in hyperpolarization

20
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Explain what Continuous propagation is and give a cell that you would find it in?

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This is when an impulse continually moves forward as in slowly taking little steps walking forward - unmyelinated neurons

21
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Explain what Salutatory propagation is and give a cell that you would find it in?

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This is when an impulse takes leaps forward, jumping node to node, which is the only location that depolarization occurs. Myelinated neurons

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