#Question id: 11205
#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal
What would probably happen if a long neuron had one continuous myelin sheath down the length of the axon with no nodes of Ranvier?
#Question id: 11206
#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal
Tetrodotoxin blocks voltage-gated sodium channels, and ouabain blocks sodium-potassium pumps. If you added both tetrodotoxin and ouabain to a solution containing neural tissue, what responses would you expect?
#Question id: 11207
#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal
In multiple sclerosis, the myelin sheaths around the axons
of the brain and spinal cord are damaged and demyelination results. How does
this disease manifest at the level of the action potential?
#Question id: 11208
#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal
Neurotransmitters are released from axon terminals via ________.
#Question id: 11209
#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal
Acetylcholine released into the junction between a motor neuron and a skeletal muscle binds to a sodium/potassium channel and opens it. This is an example of ________.
#Question id: 11210
#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal
An inhibitory postsynaptic potential (IPSP) occurs in a membrane made more permeable to ________.