Nervous System Flashcards

1
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what is the central nervous system comprised of (CND)

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Brain and spinal cord

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Purpose of the nervous system

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Gather information, process it and determine a appropriate response

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3
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Sensory input

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Sensory receptors detect stimuli

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4
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Integration

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How the nervous system processes information

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5
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Motor output

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Activated muscles and glands

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6
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What is the PNS for

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Sensory input: motor output

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What is the PNS

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Cranial nerves and spinal nerves

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How is the PNS and CNS connected

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The PNS is the communication lines between the CNS and the rest of the body

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Motor division

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Conducts impulses from CNS to effectors

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What are effectors

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Muscles and glands

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11
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What is sensory division

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Conducts impulse from receptors to CNS

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Somatic nervous system

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Conducts impulses from CNS to skeletal muscles

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Do you have control over the SNS

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Yes you have control (voluntary) over the somatic nervous system

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Autonomic nervous system

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Conducts impulses from CNS to cardiac muscles and glands

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15
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Do you have control over the autonomic nervous system

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No control (involuntary)

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16
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Sympathetic division

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Fight or flight

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17
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Parasympathetic division

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Conserves energy, rest and digest

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18
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Nervous tissue

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2 types of cells, neurons, and Schwann cells

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19
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Neurons

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They are cells that conduct impulses

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Schwann cells

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Support cells and nourish them, wrap around neurons, impulses can’t pass through

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Cell body

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Contain nucleus, biggest part of neuron, if damaged the whole neuron dies

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Dendrites

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Branch from cell body, Carey a nerve impulse TO CELL BODY

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Axon

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Long branch from cell body, Carry’s impulses AWAY FROM CELL BODY

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Myelin sheath

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Made of Schwann cells wrapped around the axon

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25
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Node of ranvier

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Gaps of exposed axon between Schwann cells

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Axon terminal

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Ends of axon, does not touch other cells, the impulse jumps the gap to continue

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3 types of neurons

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Sensory, relay, and motor

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28
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Sensory neurons

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Detects stimulus and take impulse to CNS

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29
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What do sensory neurons look like

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The have long dendrites and short axons

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30
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Inter-neuron/ relay neuron

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They interpret sensory information and transmit impulses within the CNS

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31
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What do really neurons look like

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They have long of axons and dendrites

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32
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Where are relay neurons

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Only in the CNS (brain and spinal cord

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33
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Motor neuron

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They transmit impulses FROM THE CNS

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34
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What do motor neurons do

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They send impulses from the CNS to effectors (glands/ muscles)

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35
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Where is the cell body of motor neurons located

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Mostly in the spinal cord

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36
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What do motor neurons look like

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Long axons and short dendrites

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37
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What is the order of the 3 neurons

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1 sensory neurons get stimuli and send the message which is eventually picked up by 2 relay neurons which send the message within the CNS which eventually reach 3 motor neurons which then figure out a response and send it back out

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38
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Where are sensory receptors

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All over but you have many in the skin

39
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What are sensory receptors

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Dendrites

40
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What is the CNS physically made of

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Internurons (relay) no sensory or motor

41
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What is afferent

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Sensory neurons in the PNS

42
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What is efferent

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Motor neurons in the PNS

43
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What is a nerve

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They are a BUNDLE OF NURON PROCESSES ( axons and dendrites)

44
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What kind of neurons do nerves have

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Sensory or motor NO RELAY

45
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Where are nerves found and what are they

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The are ONLY found in the PNS and are a cable bundle of axons and nerve fibres

46
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What is a reflex arc

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It is an involuntary reflex which makes it so you can respond to stimuli quickly without your brain

47
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How many step in the reflex arc

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6

48
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What is the first step in the reflex arc

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Receptor sense high pain and that starts and impulse (affecter)

49
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Step 2 in the reflex arc

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Sensory neurons in PNS send the impulse along the dendrite to the cell body and then along the axon and eventually to the spinal cord

50
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Step 3 reflex arc

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The interneurons within the spinal cord pass the message to motor neurons

51
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Step 4 reflex arc

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The motor neurons pass the impulse the short dendrite to the cell body then along the axon which leads the muscle

52
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Step 5 reflex arc

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The effectors revive the message and reacts to pull away from stimuli

53
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Is the reflex arc a conscious arc

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No

54
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Step 6 reflex arc

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Step 1-5 happen before the brain had a chance to “think” but pain is not felt until brain receives the impulse

55
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What is an action potential

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It is the conduction of an impulse across a neuron

56
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Characteristics of impulses

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Temporary, quick and repeatable

57
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Steps of action potential (1)

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The cell body becomes depolarized due to a signal

58
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How does the axon get depolarized

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First a threshold is reached (-55mv), the Na + gates open and flud in

59
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Resting action potential pumps

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Na+/k+ pump is on so it pumps Na+ out and k+ in (3 Na out 2 K in)

60
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Resting potential gates

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Na+ gate is closed and K + gate closed

61
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Where are Na+ and K+ during resting potential

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Na + outside K+ inside (there are leak channels and that’s why you need the pump)

62
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Pumps during depolarization

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The pump turns off

63
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Repolarization pumps

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The pump is off

64
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Repolarization gates

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Na+ gates are closed and K+ gates are open

65
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Why are K+ gates open during Repolarization

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To help shift the charge

66
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Can the neuron conduct and impulse when Repolarization

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No, necessary the ions are not restored (Na+ and K+)

67
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Recovery/ Refactory pumps

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The pump is on to get the Na + out and K + in

68
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Refractory/ recovery gates

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All gates closed

69
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Where are the gates on a neuron

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All over cell membrane

70
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What is salty banana

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K+ inside and 2x Na+ outside when in resting potential

71
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Order of action potential

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1-resting-2 depolarized-3 repolorize-4 refractory/recovery ( happens all the way down )

72
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Saltatory conduction =

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Impulses are faster in myelinated neuron because they jump from node to node

73
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Characteristics of action potential

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Stimulus must exceed threshold, all are none response

74
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What is an all or none response

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The stimuli must reach a threshold, so all impulses are the same (do different things)

75
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How many impulses can happen at once

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Neurons can have many or one at the same time in different locations

76
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What do stronger stimuli do

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They send repeated impulses

77
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Can you stop an impulse

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No you can’t stop it or send a new one till it’s done sending

78
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What is an action potential

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When a stimulated neuron sends an impulse

79
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How do impulses get from one neuron to another

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Neurotransmitters are sent from one neuron and they lock into receptors on the dendrites of the next neuron

80
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How are impulse conducted within the neuron

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Electrically

81
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How are impulses conducted between neurons

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Chemically

82
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Where are neurotransmitters stored

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In vesicals at the end of axon terminals (axon bulbs)

83
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What is the somatic cleft

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The gap between neurons

84
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How are excess neurotransmitters removed from the somatic cleft

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With enzymatic breakdown by reabsorption so the stimulus stops

85
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What is a presynaptic neuron

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Is is the neuron the impulse is coming from

86
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What is the postsynaptif neuron

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It is the neuron receiving the nerve impulse via neurotransmitters

87
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How does the next neuron chemically get the impulse

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Neurotransmitter receptors take neurotransmitters in

88
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How many steps of the transmission across the synapse

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8

89
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Step 1 across the synapse

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The impulse reaches the end of the axon and is at axon bulb

90
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Step 2 across the synapse

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The depolarization causes the calcium ions to flood into the axon bulb which pull the vesicles to the presynaptic membrane

91
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Step 3 across the synapse

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Neurotransmitters go across the synaptic cleft and activate sodium gates

92
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Step 4 across the synapse

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Sodium floods into the POSTSYNAPTIC membrane and causing the next neuron to depolarize

93
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6-7 steps of across the synapse

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Action potential continues down the postsynaptic neuron

94
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Step 8 of across the synapse

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Enzymes are released to neutralize neurotransmitters in the sympathetic cleft or the neurotransmitters are reabsorbed into axon bulb