Cells of the Nervous System

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  • Created on: 12-05-17 21:21

1. Cable Properties

  • Passive conduction of electrical current, in a decremental fashion, down an axon
  • conduction of action potentials by myelinated axons, action potentials jump from one node of ranvier to the next
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2. Resting Potential means...

  • A neuron is polarised with 70mV charge outside the cell, than inside the cell
  • A neuron is hyperpolarised with 70mV charge inside the cell, than outside the cell
  • A neuron is polarised with 70mV charge inside the cell, than outside the cell
  • A neuron is depolarised with 70mV charge inside the cell, than outside the cell

3. Postsynaptic Membrane

  • Membrane opposite the terminal button in a synapse, where neurotransmitter will be received
  • Small bud on surface of dendrite, terminal button of another neuron form a synapse
  • Membrane of a terminal button that lies adjacent to the postsynaptic membrane

4. Saltatory Conduction

  • conduction of action potentials by myelinated axons, action potentials jump from one node of ranvier to the next
  • Passive conduction of electrical current, in a decremental fashion, down an axon

5. Weak area of blood barrier...

  • Ventricles
  • Postrema
  • Choroid Plexus
  • Inferior Horn

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