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Memrane Physiology Flashcards

1
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Function of cell membrane

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Defines boundaries of cell
Enclose cell organelles
Enables cell to create an internal environment

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2
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Describe the compartment within confines of the cell membrane

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Intracellular environment
Largely aqueous

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3
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Describe the compartment outside the cell membrane

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Extracellular compartment:
Interstitial space
Largely aqueous

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4
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Examples of charge carrying particles in the intracellular environment

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Organelles
Proteins
Anions or cations

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5
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Chemical gradient?

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Concentration gradient of ions between the Intracellular and extracellular compartments of the cell

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6
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Electrical gradient?

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Known as membrane potential
Electrical polarity between inside and outside of cells due to charged particles

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7
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Electrochemical gradient?

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Combined electrical and chemical gradients
Standing electrochemical gradient because continuously present

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8
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What is Resting membrane potential?

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Cells of different tissue have different resting potentials
Electrical gradient between inside and outside of the cell
Maintained via ion pump
Leak channels open

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9
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RMP of nerve cell?

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-70 mv

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10
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Characteristic of electrically excitable tissues?

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They able to momentarily discharge the standing electrical potential between the Intracellular and extracellular compartments

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What is death in terms of electrically excitable tissue?

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The permanent discharge of resting membrane potentials

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12
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Factors that decide what can cross cell membrane

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Size
Polarity
Solubility in water
Ion channel/ protein

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13
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Types of ion channels

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Selective
Leak

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14
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Transmembrane spanning proteins?

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Protein assemblies that span the full thickness of the cell membrane

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15
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Common on ion channels

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Voltage gated - generate AP
Ligand gated - generate Em at synapse with NT
Leak - set RMP
Mechanically gated

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16
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What is the function Ion pumps in nerve cells?

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Maintain resting potential, dont set it up
Require ATP

they provide the starting point for the ability of the cell to generate electrical signals.

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17
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What is a Graded depolarisation?

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Depolarisation is proportional to the strength of stimulation applied
Once threshold reached same AP always generated

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18
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What is level of membrane potential at which graded depolarisations become an action potential known as?

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‘Threshold level’
Different neuronal cell types have different threshold levels
~ -55mV in neurones

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19
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Value of Resting membrane potential

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-70mV

20
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Nerst equation used for

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Calculates membrane potential at eqm for each of the ions in question

Need to know relative conc of ion intracellularly and extracellularly

21
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Epm potential of K+

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-80mV

22
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Eqm potential of Na+

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+60mV

23
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What is conductance of ion channels

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Represents the activity of ion channels
Directly proportional to how many channels are opening in membrane
Each ion has its own conductance

24
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When are voltage gates channels open

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RMP closed
Depolarisation Na+ open
Repolarisation K+ open

25
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Goldman Hodgkin Katz equation

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Modification of the nerst equation
Takes into account relative permeabilities of ions in question

26
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What happens during depolarisation

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Na+ enters the cell
Membrane depolarises
Depolarisation reaches threshold
More Voltage gated Na+ channels open

27
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Repolarisation events

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K+ channels open - K+ efflux
Na+ channels closed - Na+ influx stopped

28
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Extracellular voltage?

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Zero mV

29
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Channels that determine resting membrane potential?

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Leak channels control permeability at rest

30
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Electrogenic?

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Many active transport mechanisms are electrogenic
Produce change in voltage because there is net movement of anions/ cations to one side of membrane

31
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Chemical force

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Differences in ion concentration

32
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Electrical force?

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Due to electrical charge intracellularly/ extracellularly
Membrane potential of the cell

33
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What is eqm potential?

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When chemical force = electrical force
Equal and opposite

34
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Resting membrane potential will be equal to eqm potential if membrane permeable to one ion only. True/ False?

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True
Skeletal muscle cells/ glial cells only permeable to k+
So membrane potential = K+ eqm potential

35
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Ion composition of Na and K

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• K+ concentration is high inside the cell, low outside
• Na+ concentration is low inside the cell, high outside

36
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Driving an ion across the membrane electrically requires:

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• the membrane possesses channels permeable to that ion to provide conductance
• There is an electrical potential difference across the
membrane

37
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How does Em remain constant

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Na influx = K efflux
- Driving force of K small and cell has large permeability to K
- Driving force of Na large but small permeability to Na

38
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Why is the Na driving force large at Em (resting membrane potential)

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Na influx due to chemical and electrical force
Big electrical difference. Na eqm is +60mV and Em is -65mV.
More Na outside due to pump so steep Chemical gradient.

39
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What does resting potential depend on

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Permeability of the ions
The ions driving forces

40
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What is a nerve cell more permeable to?

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K
More K leak channels

41
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Why is there a small K driving force at RMP

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Eqm potential of K+ is -80mV and Em is -65m. So small difference.
Chemical gradient (causing efflux) is greater than electrical force (causing influx)

42
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Which ion is resting membrane most permeable to

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K+

43
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What are the permeabilities of ions during hyperpolarisation

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Increased k+ permeability
Decreased Na+ permeability

44
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What is the conductance of ions during depolarisation

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Sodium has higher conductance than potassium
So sodium influx

45
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What is refractory period caused by

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Inactivation of na+ channels
Delayed closing of K+ channels

46
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Do AP spread backwards?

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No

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