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Label The Parts of The Neuron

The document describes the key parts and functions of neurons including the resting potential, action potential, impulse propagation at synapses, and the divisions of the central and peripheral nervous systems. It also defines the four steps of an action potential as resting, depolarization, repolarization, and hyperpolarization.

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Label The Parts of The Neuron

The document describes the key parts and functions of neurons including the resting potential, action potential, impulse propagation at synapses, and the divisions of the central and peripheral nervous systems. It also defines the four steps of an action potential as resting, depolarization, repolarization, and hyperpolarization.

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Label the parts of the neuron:

What are the functional units are the nervous system?

A neuron

Resting Potential

3 Na+ pumped out for every 2 K+ pumped in

Action Potential

Stimulus acts on the neuron, depolarizing the membrane of the cell body

Impulse Propagation

Depolarization (Na+ rushing into the axon) followed by repolarization (K+ rushing out of the
axon) along the nerve axon

What occurs at the Synapse?


Voltage-gated Ca2+ channels open, sending Ca2+ into the cell
Vesicles fuse with presynaptic membrane sending the neurotransmitter across the synaptic cleft
Neurotransmitters bind to receptors on the postsynaptic membrane, triggering depolarization

What are the two subcategories of the nervous system?

Central Nervous System (CNS) and Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)

What does the Central Nervous System (CNS) consist of?

The brain and spinal cord

What are the two subcategories of the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)?

Sensory and Motor Nervous System

What are the two subcategories of the Motor Nervous System?

Somatic and Autonomic

What are the two subcategories of the Autonomic Nervous System?

Parasympathetic and Sympathetic

Label the parts of the action potential graph:


What are the 4 steps of the action potential and what happens at each?

Rest: All gates closed


Depolarization: Na+ gates open
Repolarization: Na+ gates inactivate, K+ gates open
Hyperpolarization: All gates closed

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