Transmission.

Question 1

nerves are high _____

Answer 1

excitable

Question 2

nerve impulses are always _____ _____ regardless of the stimulus

Answer 2

the same

Question 3

what is required to separate opposite charges across a membrane?

Answer 3

energy

Question 4

energy is _____ when charges move toward one and other

Answer 4

liberated

Question 5

if opposite charges are separated the system has_____ ______

Answer 5

potential energy

Question 6

What are the 2 types of ion channels

Answer 6

Leakage

gated

Question 7

Name the 3 types of gated channels

Answer 7

Chemically gated
Voltage-Gated
Mechanically Gated

Question 8

what is the second name for chemically gated channels

Answer 8

ligand-gated

Question 9

Chemically gated channels are located where?

what do they respond to?

Answer 9

dendrites and cell bodies of a neuron

neurotransmitters

Question 10

Ions flow down their ______ _____

Answer 10

concentration

Question 11

flowing down a concentration gradient means?

Answer 11

ions flow to areas of low concentration

Question 12

Chemically (ligand) gated ion channels are involved in what type of potentials?

Answer 12

graded potential

Question 13

Voltage-gated respond to a voltage _____ _____ _____ threshold (voltage) aka they need a specific ____ or _____ to be reached

Answer 13

at a specific

voltage or charge

Question 14

Voltage-gated channels are located near the _____ _____ of neurons and also along the _____ of neurons

Answer 14

axon hillock

axons

Question 15

Voltage-gated channels are involved in ______ potentials

Answer 15

action

Question 16

what is the body’s primary method of communication?

Answer 16

action potentials

Question 17

what electrical current travels long distances? what Chanel does this method use

Answer 17

action potentials

voltage-gated