1.
Name the three phases of an action potential. Describe for each the
underlying molecular basis and the ion involved. Why is the term
voltage-gated channel applied to Na+ channels involved in the
generation of an action potential?
2. Explain why the strength of an action potential doesn’t
decrease as it travels down an axon.
3. Neurons, particularly those in the brain, receive multiple
excitatory and inhibitory signals. What is the name of the
extension of the neuron at which...
Describe the net flow of ionic current during the phases of the
action potential. During what phase of the action potential does
positive feedback occur.
Describe in detail the action potential of myocardial
contractile cells. Be sure to names the phases, include the main
types of membrane proteins involved, how they are opened, the
movements of ions, and the changes in membrane potential. Explain
how this type of action potential is different from that seen in a
skeletal muscle cell and why the difference(s) are significant.
What are the stages the membrane potential goes through during
an action potential? Describe each stage in terms of the changes in
sodium and potassium ions inside the cell. Name and describe the
two types of refractory periods, and what, if anything would make a
neuron fire during a refractory period.
Label a voltage-versus-time diagram of an action potential with the
ions involved in each phase, the direction of their movement across
the membrane, and the terms depolarize, repolarize, and
hyperpolarize.
compare and contrast the phases and ionic events that produce an
action potential in a contractile cardiomyocyte from an action
potential in the specialized conduction tissue like a sino-atrial
nodal cell