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Greater charge separation results in what?

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greater # of volts

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What is potential difference?

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Separation of electrical charges across inside and outside of plasma membraneT

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There are charged ____ and _____ inside the membarne

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particles and proteins

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Sodium tries to ____ cell, which is termed ___-

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enter, influex

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Why dose sodium want to enter the cell?

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it wants to go down its concentration and charge gradient

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When Na enters the cell, what happens to the potential difference?

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potential difference is lessened, i.e. voltage moves towards 0

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Sodium entering the cell causes ________

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depolarization

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Potassium ions try to ______ cell, this is called

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leave, efflux

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When K leaves the cell, what happens to the potential difference?

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potential difference is greater, voltage becomes more - becomes + is leaving, therefore further from 0

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Potassium leaving the cell causes

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hyperpolarization

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What are neurons RMP?

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-70

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What are the two forces acting on ions contributing to RMP?

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charge gradient and concentration gradien

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What are the two things that cause RMP?

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membrane is differentially permeapse and the sodium-potassium ATPase

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Explain what “membrane is differentially permeable” means

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membrane is less permeable to Na than K, therefore sodium leaks slower than K, causes a net negative charge in cell

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Explain the sodium-potasium ATPase pump

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due to leakyness ions have to be returned to OG location

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How many Na pumped out for every k pumped in?

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2 sodium ions pumped out for every 2K pumped in

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17
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Pump can be described as

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electrogenic

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Describe pump mechanism

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ATP binds to receptor, convertsit to ADP&Pi, pump becoems activated with energy, 3Na out and 2k in, ADP and Pi leave

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ATP pushes _______ _______ and address _____

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against gradient and addresses leakage

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20
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Which cells are excitable?

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muscles and nerve cells

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21
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What are MPs used for?

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to send electrical signals for communication

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What are the two types of membrane potential changes?

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action and graded potential

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What are two ways of changing potential?

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voltage gates or ligand gated ion channels

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Cations in , potential difference ____, cell is _____

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lessens, cell is depolarized

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cations out, potential difference ____, cell is
increases, cell is hyperpolarized
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Graded potentials are ______ to _______ ______
graded potentials are precursors to action potentials
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Graded potentials are ______ _____-
short lived
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Difference between AP and GP?
Graded potentials are local (donts spread v far), GP can be summated
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What type of ion channels are GP
ligand gated ion channels
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What brings GP back to RMP?
negative feedback mechanism
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What is spatial summation?
GP occurring near each other
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What is temporal summation?
GP occurring close enough together in time
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Graded potentials are added up if they occur w/in few ____ & ____
ms & mm
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Action potentials work via _____ feedback mechanism
positive
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Explain the positive feedback mechanism
increase in voltage triggers more increase
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Voltage gated sodium channels open when?
once membrane potential reaches threshold
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What are the five phases of AP?
resting phase, depolarizing phase, repolarizing phase, hyperpolarizing phase, resting phase
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What happens in the resting phase
all channels are closed
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What happens in the depolarizing phase?
Stimulation causes voltage to rise, ligand gated sodium channels open, threshold is reached and triggers voltage gated sodium channels to open
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What happens in the repolarizing phase?
voltage gated K channels open and sodium channels begin closing
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What happens in hyperpolarizing phase?
sodium channels are fully closed, voltage gated K channels are open
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which phases are sodium channels open?
depolarizing and repolarizing
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When cant you fire an AP?
once an AP has started, once K is rushing out
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Define absolute refractory period
start of NA threshold to end of repolarizing
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Define the term relative refractory period
can send a message but need strong stimulus
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Why is it called RELATIVE refractory period?
bc cell is hyperpolarized and therefore more negative, making it hard to stimulate an AP and need ever more channels to reach a threshold
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At what voltage do voltage sensitive sodium channels open?
-50
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Describe the negative feedback mechanism of AP
occurs at end to restore potential by opening voltage gated K+ channels and close Na channels
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What instrument measures electrical activity in muscles?
electromyography
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What does electromyography do?
EMG measures electrical activity in muscles
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Define conduction velocity
can be calculated by knowing when nerve is stimulated and when uscle contracts and the physical distance btw them
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How do EMGs work?
stimulate nerve using electrical stiulator and observe contraction
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Why is incandescent light 60Hz?
so light doesnt appear to flicker
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What is tetany
muscle cramp
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What is the AC frequency in canada?
110V of AC with frequency of 60Hz
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Which muscle is affected in tetany?
skeletal muscles
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What causes tetany
stimulation of currents with frequency 40-110 Hz
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What is death grip and why does it occur?
can't let go bc flexors are strong than extensors and there isnt enough time to let go
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What does DC do to muscles?
produce a single, large muscle contraction that throws electrocuted person away from source

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