Path of an action potential
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Question 1 of 26
1. Question
The brief reversal of electric polarisation of the membrane of a nerve cell (neuron) or muscle cell is known as?
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Question 2 of 26
2. Question
In the neuron an action potential produces the nerve impulse, and in the muscle cell it produces the _____ required for all movement.
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Question 3 of 26
3. Question
An action potential is conducted at speeds that range from _______.
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Question 4 of 26
4. Question
A polarised state is created by a high concentration of ______ ions outside the cell.
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Question 5 of 26
5. Question
The resulting resting potential usually measures about_____
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6. Question
The threshold potential measures at roughly…?
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Question 7 of 26
7. Question
Depolarisation activates _________ in adjacent parts of the membrane, so that the impulse moves along the fibre.
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Question 8 of 26
8. Question
Action potentials in neurons are also known as ______?
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Question 9 of 26
9. Question
Neurons are excited when their membranes become ______.
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Question 10 of 26
10. Question
Depolarised membranes may be achieved by…?
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Question 11 of 26
11. Question
The declining phase of the action potential is caused by the closing of _____ channels and the opening of _____channels.
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Question 12 of 26
12. Question
What is largely responsible for the negative resting membrane potential in a neuron?
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Question 13 of 26
13. Question
Which of these is true about an action potential?
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Question 14 of 26
14. Question
Which of these is true about the conduction of action potential in a nerve?
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15. Question
Which is true about repolarisation?
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Question 16 of 26
16. Question
The opening of axon membrane voltage-gated potassium channels is responsible for which part of the action potential?
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Question 17 of 26
17. Question
All-or-nothing law is the rule that states the response of an axon is ________ of the intensity of the stimulus.
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Question 18 of 26
18. Question
Action potentials pass along _________ from one node of Ranvier to the next by saltatory conduction.
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Question 19 of 26
19. Question
An axon with a larger diameter _____ the rate and speed of action potential conductanceÂ
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Question 20 of 26
20. Question
What is the name of the mechanism by which the action potential stimulates skeletal muscle to contract?
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21. Question
The nerve fibre either gives a maximum response or none, and this is known as the…?
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22. Question
Nerve block is caused by…?
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23. Question
The higher the temperature, the______ the conductance of action potential.
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24. Question
Grey matter is…?
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25. Question
What is true about saltatory conduction?
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Question 26 of 26
26. Question
Spike potential is found…?
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