Week 5: membrane potentials and action potentials Flashcards

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Potassium concentrations in/out of nerve cell

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Potassium is high concentration in nerve fiber membrane

low concentration outside cell membrane

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How does electropositivity occur outside cell membrane

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Ions flow out and carry positive electrical charge with them

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4
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Effect of positive ion outflow of cell membrane

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Diffusion potential decreases (until is ceases)

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5
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Diffusion potential at which K+ diffusion ceases (from in–>out of cell)

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-94 mV

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Diffusion of sodium in/out of cell and overall membrane potential

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Sodium diffuses into cell (positive charge) and creates overall potential +61mV

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6
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Nerst equation explaination

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Greater ration of ions = greater tendency for ion do move in one direction = greater Nerst potential REQUIRED to PREVENT additional diffusion

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6
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The Nerst equation explores

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The relation of diffusion potential to ion concentration difference

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6
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Sodium concentration (inside vs outside of cell)

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High outside of membrane, low inside

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7
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Nerst Potential refers to inside or outside of membrane?

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Inside of membrane

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8
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Nerst potential assumes that potential of extracellular fluid =

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0

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9
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Nerst potential of a membrane is positive if

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Ion diffusing in—>out is negative

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10
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Nerst potential of a membrane is negative if

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ion diffusing from inside—- out is positive

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11
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The Goldman Equation

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Calculates the diffusional potential when membrane is permeable to many ions

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12
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The Nerst equation assumes that

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A membrane is only permeable to one ion

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13
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The Goldman Equation factors in: (3)

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  1. Polarity of electrical charge of each ion
  2. Permeability of the membrane (K+ is more permeable than Na+)
  3. Concentration of ions on the inside and outside
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14
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What ions are most important for developing membrane potentials in nerve and muscle fibers?

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Na, K, Cl

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15
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_______ is the key for determining voltage

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Permeability

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16
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Which ions have changing permeability during action potentials?

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Na and K

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17
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Which ions have fixed permeability during action potentials

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Cl

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18
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Resting membrane potential of nerves(calculated from goldman equation)

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-70 mV

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19
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2 Factors that account for the negative membrane potential

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  1. Sodium-Potassium pump pumps more + ions out than in (3 Na out, 2 K in)
  2. K+ leak channels out
    more positives out of cell than into cell = negative
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20
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Does Na or K have a higher magnitude inside:outside ratio

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Potassium
K+ inside: K+ outside = 35

Na+ inside: Na+ outside = 0.1

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21
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How do neuron action potentials begin?

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Sudden change from resting negative membrane potential —> positive potential

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Once a neuron's action potential starts, it
moves along the nerve fiber until the fiber's end
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Action potential stages:
1. Resting 2. Depolarization 3. Repolarization
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Depolarization definition and cause
Potential rapidly rises (becomes less negative) cause: membranes become more permeable to sodium
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Repolorization definition and cause
Re-establishment of normal negative resting potential Cause: Sodium channels close and potassium channels open (K+ rapidly diffuses out of cell)
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Once action potential threshold is met:
It always fires and always goes the length of the neuron
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Sodium permeability is facilitated by
Activation/Inactivation gate
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Sodium gate at rest (neuron action potentials)
Gate is closed, prevents entry of sodium ions into nerve fibers
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What happens to trigger activation of depolorization?
membrane potential becomes less negative
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What is the trigger range (mV) for depolarization
-70 - -50 mV
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What happens to sodium gates when action potential depolarization threshold is met?
It has a conformational change and Na+ permeability rapidly increases
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What causes the increase in mV that lead to activation of depolarization
Na+ outflow by sodium-potassium pump (3+ out, 2+ in = more positive on the outside)
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Inactivation of Na+ gate
Voltage quickly increases with inflow of Na+ and gate quickly shuts (happens within a few 10,000ths of a second)
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Repolorization of membrane potential
Sodium channels close (no more + flows in) and Potassium channels open (more + flows out)
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At rest, potassium channels are
Closed
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As the membrane becomes more positive, potassium channels
Open and potassium diffuses out
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During depolarization, __________ flows in _____
During depolarization, Na+ flows in rapidly
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During repolorization, ______ flows in_____
During repolarization, K+ flows out slower
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During conductance, at rest K concentration is ____ than sodium (inside cell)
greater than
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During action potential, sodium conductance _____
Increases 5000 fold
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How does Ca+ contribute to membrane potential becoming positive?
Voltage gated channels allow Ca+ to flood in, increasing overall + charge
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Deficits in Ca+ lead to______. Why?
highly excitable neurons Neuron can't get all the way to resting potential - it does not repolarize all the way
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What is the threshold for action potential?
-65 mV?
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Propagation means
impulse travels in all directions
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Action potentials follow an _______ principle
all-or-nothing
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Schwann cells create
myelin sheath in myelinated axons in PNS
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Myelination _____ speed of transmission
insulates and increases speed of tranmission
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Ions flow through _____
Nodes of Ranvier
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Electrical currents flow through
Extracellular fluid and axoplasm
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Myelination ____ velocity of nerve transmission
increases nerve transmission
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Oligodendroytes
Similar to myelination, but in central nervous system
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What factors change sodium ion diffusion/cause excitation (3)? Examples?
1. Mechanical (pressure distorts membrane) 2. Chemical (i.e excitatory neurotransmitters/ligands bind and open Na+ gate) 3.Electrical (membrane potential increases, action potential starts)
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Membrane stabilizing factors _____ excite ability
Decrease
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Examples of membrane- stabilizing factors
1. calcium ions 2.Procaine and tetracaine (Na channels more difficult to open)
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What can create acute local potentials?
Small electrical stimulations
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Refractory period
Membrane needs to return to resting potential before it fires again
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acute sub-threshold potentials
Do not trigger a full action potential
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Saltatory conduction
Action potentials occur node to node jumping
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