Describe how action potentials are produced, and their neural pathways.

Q: Explain what is meant by summation of graded potentials, and explain how summation may lead to an…

A: The “fundamental unit” of the nervous system is the neurons or nerve cells. These electrically…

Q: Discuss the mechanism of action-potential in neurons?

A: Introduction: All excitable tissue like nerve and muscle tissue have membrane potential. The…

Q: What is Action Potential Mechanism?

A: Biochemistry is a branch of science that deals with the study of chemical processes related to the…

Q: Explain how a neuron “decides” whether or not to generate action potentials.

A: When an immediate, really quick, mobile and transitory change occurs to the resting membrane…

Q: Explain the role of neurotransmitters in the transmission ofa nerve impulse across a synapse.

A: There are two divisions of the nervous system. The central nervous system includes the brain and the…

Q: Explain how action potentials move down an axon.

A: An action potential is defined as a fast, transitory propagating sudden change in the resting…

Q: Describe the difference between graded and action potentials.

A: Graded potentials are caused by external stimuli (in sensory neurons) or by neurotransmitters…

Q: Describe the five phases of potential action?

A: Answer: Introduction: The production and transmission of action potentials shows a communication in…

Q: Define the terms Myelinization and saltatory conduction of action potentials?

A: Myelination and salutatory conduction have a strong effect on the action potential. It is studied…

Q: What is action potential?

A: Action potential is the short term change in the electric potential on the cell’s surface in…

Q: What is the relationship between the threshold and an action potential?

A: At the time the potential difference approaches the threshold voltage then the decreased voltage…

Q: How graded potentials differ from action potential?

A: Nervous system is the complex system in our body which controls the entire body and coordinates the…

Q: Distinguish between neuromodulators and neurotransmitters.

A: Neurotransmitters and neuromodulators assume unmistakable parts in neurotransmitter transmissions. A…

Q: Describe how an Action Potential is conducted.

A: The body has a network of conductive cells known as neurons. The neurons are connected end to end,…

Q: Compare graded potentials and action potentials.

A: A graded potential is the nearby pace of progress of the potential concerning relocation, for…

Q: #Differentiate between membrane potential & action potential. In which cells action potentials…

A: The cells are the primary unit of life. An organism may be prokaryotic or unicellular. For example,…

Q: List the steps involved in transmitting activity across a chemical synapse from one neuron to…

A: The nerve cell consists of a dendrite which are branched extensions that help in receiving the…

Q: Describe how different post-synaptic potentials can be summated on a single neuron to determine if…

A: Synapse is a junction that mediates information transfer from one neuron to another neuron or an…

Q: Step-by-step, explain how an action potential is produced.

A: Action potential are potential difference created in axons of neurons for the transfer of nerve…

Q: Enumerate the events in action potential and explain what is taking place in  each event (focus on…

A: An action potential happens when a neuron or nerve cell sends information down an axon. It is an…

Q: Describe the changes that occur during the depolarizationand repolarization phases of an action…

A: Muscle cells and nerve cells are electrically excitable. Nerve cells transmit sensory and motor…

Q: Explain the steps of an action potential

A: Whenever the neurons and the surrounding muscle cells are in a resting state and there is no…

Q: How can an EPSPs ability to stimulate action potential be enhanced?

A: The neuron is a specialized cell that is capable of generating an action potential on the cell…

Q: Explain how myelin helps speed up the conduction speed of action potentials along the axon of the…

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Q: Explain the process of Conduction of a nerve impulse along a nerve fibre.

A: A nerve fiber is a long and a slender projection of the neuron. It conducts the electrical signal,…

Q: Immediately after an action potential has peaked, which cellular gates open? O calcium Ochloride O…

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Q: Explain Role of Na+ in the generation of action potential.

A: Ions are a charged atom or molecules. The unequal distribution of positive and negative charge…

Q: Describe how the resting membrane potential is established and maintained in a neuron.

A: The control and coordination in humans are done by the nervous and endocrine systems. The human…

Q: What takes place during the depolarization phase of an action potential? How is it an example of a…

A: Introduction:To communicate and respond to the stimulus, neurons need to communicate with each…

Q: What does it mean to say that action potentials are “all or none”?

A: Introduction :- A depolarizing current causes an explosion of electrical activity, which is known as…

Q: Explain how the nerve impulse is transmitted across a synapse.

A: A neuron comprises dendrites, cell body, axon, myelin sheath, and axon terminals. The place where…

Q: Define refractory period, and explain the difference between the absolute refractory period and…

A: Action potential of a nerve fibre is the active state of transmission of nerve signal from one…

Q: how an action potential occurs in a neuron and contributes to neuronal communication?

A: Action potentials are nerve signals. Neurons produce and direct these signs along their cycles to…

Q: Describe how neurons use neurotransmitters to communicate with each other and with the body.

A: Introduction  In multicellular organisms there is a specialised control and coordination between all…

Q: What might prevent an EPSP from stimulating action potentials?

A: An excitatory postsynaptic potential (EPSP) is the potential of postsynaptic neuron to create an…

Q: As the membrane reaches the peak of the action potential, what brings the membrane down to the…

A: When the resting neuron receives a stimulus that is beyond the threshold, It reaches the peak of…

Q: Explain the process of Transmission of a nerve impulse across a chemical synapse.

A: Chemical synapse is the term given to the biological junction from the transmission of the signal…

Q: During the rising phase of an action potential, which which voltage gated channels are open?

A: Neurons communicate with one another by electric signals which are triggered by an action potential.…

Q: Define the term action potentials?

A: Conducting and contracting cells in our body use action potential as a mechanism for transfer of…