Week 1 Flashcards
Needs for a nervous system
- Allows detection of changes in external or internal environment (sensory)
- Allows rapid response to changes (motor)
- Allows integration of information and formulation of responses (central nervous system)
Neuron and what occurs in each part
At dendrites and cell body: integration of signals
At axon: transmission of action potential
At synaptic terminals: communication to next cell
Extracellular fluid
Also called internal milieu (not internal of cell, internal of body). On outside of cell
Intracellular fluid
On inside of cell
Types of structures in lipid bilayer
Integral proteins, receptors, gated channel protein, cholesterol, channel, carrier protein, glycoprotein, carbohydrates
Diffusion
Diffusion is the net movement of anything (for example, atoms, ions, molecules, energy) generally from a region of higher concentration to a region of lower concentration
0.9% NaCl to g/ml
0.9g/100ml
0.9g/100ml to g/L
9 g/L
9 g/L of NaCl into mol/L (Moles) (molar mass of NaCl is 58.44)
0.158 mol/L (M)
Aquaporin
water channel in cell membrane
Concentration gradient for sodium (Na+)
150 mM on outside
15 mM on inside
High concentration of N outside of cell
Concentration gradient for potassium (K+)
5mM on outside
140 mM on inside
High concentration of K inside cell
What causes the concentration gradient for sodium and potassium
The sodium/potassium ATPase
How the Na/K ATPase works
- Three sodium ions enter the enzyme from within cell
- ATP phosphorylates enzyme from inside of cell, causing it to pump 3 Na+ out of the cell
- Two potassium ions enter the enzyme from the outside of the cell
- The now un-phosphorylated enzyme pumps the 2 K+ into the cell
What does the ATPase need in order to function
Na+, K+ and ATP
Ouabain
Inhibits ATPase
Anions inside and outside of cell
Outside: Mostly Cl- (120mM)
Inside: Mostly large anions (100 mM) and some Cl- (10mM)
The plasma membrane is most permeable to
Potassium
Which way does Na want to go based on concentration gradient
Inside
Which way does K want to go based on concentration gradient
Outside
Is the charge on an ion large or small
very large
Inside of cell has a charge
Negative
Outside of cell has a charge
Positive