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What is a Neuromuscular junction?

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A junction between terminal branch of the nerve fiber and muscle fiber.

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What innervates skeletal nerve fibers?

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Motor nerve fibers

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What is axon terminal?

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Terminal branches of nerve fiber

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Axon terminals contain?

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1) Mitochondria
2) Synaptic vesicles

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1)Presynaptic membrane?

2)Postsynaptic membrane?

3) Synaptic cleft?

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1) Membrane of the nerve ending

2) Membrane of the muscle fiber

3) Space between the presynaptic and postsynaptic membrane

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Postsynaptic membrane contains what receptor?

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Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

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What is a subneural cleft?

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Number of folds found on the postsynaptic membrane

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Neuromuscular transmission?

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Transfer of information from the motor nerve ending to the muscle fiber through the NMJ

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Events that occur during neuromuscular transmission

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1) Release of acetylcholine

2) Action of acetylcholine

3) Development of endplate potential

4) Development of miniature endplate potential

5) Destruction of acetylcholine

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The basal lamina of synaptic cleft contains what?

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Acetylcholinesterase, an enzyme that destroys acetylcholine

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Sequence of events during synaptic transmission

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Action potential reaches the presynaptic axon terminal this causes the voltage gated calcium channels to open.

Calcium ions from the extracellular fluid enter the axon terminals. This influx of calcium ions causes the synaptic vesicles to rupture releasing the neurotransmitter into the presynaptic terminal membrane by a process known as exocytosis.

This neurotransmitter (acetylcholine) diffuses through the presynaptic membrane and the synaptic cleft into the postsynaptic membrane. In the postsynaptic membrane there are protein receptors known as nicotinic acetylcholine receptor.

The neurotransmitter now in the postsynaptic membrane binds with this protein receptor to form a neurotransmitter-receptor complex.

This neurotransmitter-receptor complex then causes the production of a non-propagated excitatory postsynaptic potential.

The neurotransmitter-receptor complex causes the ligand-gated sodium channel to open. This leads to an influx of sodium ion into the body of the postsynaptic neuron from the extracellular fluid.

Since the sodium ion are positively charged, resting membrane potential in the cell body is slightly altered and mild depolarisation occurs.

This mild depolarisation is called the Excitatory Postsynaptic Potential (EPSP)

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The mild depolarisation of the resting membrane potential is?

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Excitatory Postsynaptic Potential (EPSP)

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Neurotransmitter?

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Is q chemical substance that acts as a mediator for the transmission of nerve impulses from one neuron to another or from a neuron to a muscle fiber.

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Criteria for neurotransmitter

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1) Must be found in a neuron

2) Must be produced by a neuron

3) Must be released by a neuron

4) After release, must act on a target area and have produce biological effect

4) After action, must be destroyed or inactivated.

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Classification of neurotransmitter

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1) Based on chemical nature:
a. Amino acids
b. Amines
c. Others

2) Based on function
a. Excitatory NT
b. Inhibitory NT

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Amino acid NT

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Involved in fast transmission and can be excitatory or inhibitory in action é.g
GABA
Glycine
Glutamate (Glutamic acid)
Aspartate (Aspartic acid)

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Amine NT

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These are modified amino acids.
They are slow in synaptic transmission and can be inhibitory or excitatory.
É.g

Noradrenaline
Adrenaline
Dopamine
Serotonin
Histamine

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Others NT

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They are neither amino acids nor are they amines, é.g acetylcholine, NO2

Formed by choline and acetyl coenzyme A in the presence of the enzyme choline acetyltransferase

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Excitatory NT

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Chemical substances responsible for the conduction of AP (impulse) from presynaptic neuron to postsynaptic neuron.

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NT released from Presynaptic membrane creates development of AP in Postsynaptic membrane?

a) True

b) False

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False

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What is the effect of the NT released from the presynaptic membrane?

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The NT released by the presynaptic membrane causes slight changes in the RMP i.e mild depolarisation of the RMP by the opening of Na ion channels in the postsynaptic membrane and the influx of Na ion from the ECF.

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Examples of Excitatory NT

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1) Acetylcholine

2) Noradrenaline

3) Histamine

4) Glutamate (Glutamic acid)

5) Aspartate (aspartic acid)

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Inhibitory NT

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NT that inhibit the conduction of impulses from the presynaptic neuron to the postsynaptic neuron.

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Effect of release of inhibitory NT

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When released due to AP, causes the opening of Potassium channels which leads to the efflux of potassium ions and AP is not generated in the postsynaptic neuron. This leads to hyperdepolarization called Inhibitory Postsynaptic Potential (IPSP).

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4 mechanisms for inactivating NT after action
1) NT diffuses out of the synaptic cleft to an area where it has no action 2) Destroyed/inactivated by a specific enzyme, acetylcholinesterase. 3) Engulfed and removed by astrocytes (macrophages) 4) Removed by reuptake into the axon terminal.
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Reuptake
Process by which NT is taken back from the synaptic cleft into the axon terminal after execution of action
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How long does acetylcholine stay before it's destroyed?
1mili second
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Is muscle contraction a chemical event?
False. Mechanical/physical event.
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Changes that occur in the muscle:
Chemical changes Electrical changes Thermal changes Physical changes Histological changes
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The condition of the muscle during RMP
Polarised state.
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RMP of skeletal muscle
-90mV
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RMP for nerve fibers
-70mV
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What is the structural and functional unit of the nervous system?
Neuron
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How is the neuron different from other cells of the body?
* Neurons have branches and processes called axon and dendrites. * Neurons lack centrosome and so can't undergo cell division.
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Where can you find unipolar neuron?
Only in embryonic stage in humans
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Unipolar neuron
The neuron has a single pole and both axon and dendrites arise from the single pole
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Bipolar neuron
Neuron has two poles, axon arises from one and dendrites from the other
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Multipolar neuron
Neuron has multiple poles, one of the poles give rise to axon and the rest give rise to dendrites.
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What's the collective name for axon and dendrites?
Nerve fibers
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Describe Nissi bodies
They are also called nissi granules. They are basophilic granules found in the neuroplasm of the neuron. They aren't found in the axon and hillock but they're present in the dendrites and soma.s
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What are tigroid substances?
Nissi bodies are referred to as tigroid substances because they're responsible for the tigroid/spotted appearance of soma after suitable staining (basic dye).
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How are neurons classified?
* Based on the number of poles present * Based on function * Depending on length of axon
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Length of longest axon?
1m
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Function of axon
Transmits impulses away from the nerve cell body
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Function of dendrites
Transmit impulses towards the nerve cell body
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Myelin sheath
Thick lipoprotein that insulates myelinated nerve fiber
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What is responsible for the white colour of nerve fibers
Myelin sheath
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Myelin sheath around the axon in PNS is formed by
Schwann cells
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Saltatory Conduction
This is the jumping of impulse from one node of Ranvier to another in myelinated fibers
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Function of myelin sheath
* Faster conduction of impulses * Prevents stimulation of neighbouring nerve fibers by restricting nerve impulses within a single nerve fiber due to its high insulating capacity
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Properties of nerve fiber
A - Adaptation R- Refractive period I - Infatigability C - Conductivity É - Excitability S - Summation
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Human body has ____ muscles
More than 600
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Muscles are classified into ___ based on different factors
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Factors by which muscles are classified
* Based on presence or absence of striation * Depending on control * Depending on the situation
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Examples of striated muscle
* Cardiac muscles * Skeletal muscles
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Cardiac muscles are innervated by
Autonomic nerves
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How many % of body mass does the skeletal muscle make up?
40-50%
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Characteristics of skeletal muscle
* Striated * Voluntary muscles * Innervated by somatic nerves * Unbranched * Cylindrical * Multi-nucleated * 1-4cm in length * Diameter of 10 - 100 micrometer * Fatigue & tetanus are possible * Presence of sarcomere and troponin * NMJ is well defined * Speed of contraction is fast * Myofibril is present
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Troponin
Type of protein present in skeletal and cardiac muscles. Not normally found in blood, but if found in blood stream it indicates damaged heart muscles.
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What is also called the basic contractile unit?
Sarcomere
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What is the sarcomere
Sarcomere is the basic and structural unit of skeletal & cardiac muscle
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Characteristics of cardiac muscles
* Striated * Mononuclear * Innervated by autonomic nerves * Branched * Fatigue & tetanus are not possible * Ca supply is from sarcoplasmic reticulum * Troponin and sarcomere is present * NMJ is not well-defined * Speed of contraction is intermediate * Trigger of contraction = calcium + troponin * Depolarisation is spontaneous * Length 80 - 100 micrometer * Diameter is 15 - 20 microns * T - tubles are short and broad * Sarcotubular system is well developed * Myofibrils are present
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Characteristics of smooth muscles
* Non-striated * Spindle shaped * Unbranched * Length is 50 - 200 microns * Diameter is 2 - 5 microns * Absence of troponin and sarcomere * Source of calcium is ECF * Trigger of contraction = Calcium + calmodulin * NMJ is not well developed * Speed of contraction is low * Depolarisation occurs spontaneously * Innervated by autonomic nerves * Fatigue is not possible * Tetanus is possible * One nucleus
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Muscle cells are called ____?
Myocytes
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Muscle mass
Is made up of a large number of individual muscle cells called myocytes
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The membrane of the muscle is called?
Sarcolemma
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Structures embedded in the sarcoplasm are:
* Nuclei * Sarcoplasmic reticulum * Lysosomes * Ribosomes * Golgi apparatus * Mitochondria * Glycogen droplets * Myofibrils * Occasional lipid droplets
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Myofibrils
Fine parallel filaments present in the sarcoplasm of the muscle cell. They run through the entire muscle fibers.
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Myofilaments are made up of ?
* Actin myofilaments * Myosin myofilaments
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Actin myofilament
* Has a diameter of 20Amstrong * Thin filaments * Has a length of 1 micrometer.

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