resting membrane, action potential

Question 1

electrical pressure or potential

Answer 1

voltage (V)

Question 2

any net flow of charge

Answer 2

current (I)

Question 3

a measure of the ease of current flow between two points

Answer 3

conductance (G)

Question 4

measure of ability to separate charge. phospholipid bilayer is one of natures best…

Answer 4

capacitance/ capacitor

Question 5

non-gated electrical properties of the membrane that allow it to conduct electrical impulses

Answer 5

passive membrane properties

Question 6

voltage at which there will be no net movement of that ion through an open conductance.

Answer 6

equilibrium potential

Question 7

voltage across the membrane of a cell at rest

Answer 7

resting membrane potential

Question 8

action potential goes from …. to ….

Answer 8

axon to dendrite

Question 9

first demonstration of animal electricity (year, person)

Answer 9

1790s Luigi Galvani

Question 10

(year, person) mechanism of action potential generation first addressed

Answer 10

early 1900s Julius Bernstein

Question 11

(year, person) first demonstration that an action potential was dependent on external na+ ions

Answer 11

early 1900s william overton

Question 12

(year, person) rediscovery of squid-giant axon, first accurate measurement of an action potential

Answer 12

1930s hodgkin and huxley

Question 13

voltage at which an all or none action potential is initiated

Answer 13

threshold