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Behavior Overview
• Animals behavior comes
from the nervous system
– Nerves carry sensory and
motor signals
– Brain and spinal cord
connect and process
signals
– Like a computer,
telephone, or TV
Where is stimulus? Where
is response?
Animal Behavior Intro, Nervous System
Important parts:
•Dendrites
•Cell body
•Axon
•Terminals
•Synapses
Animal Behavior Intro, Nervous System
Step 3: “Repolarization”
Action Potential
• Repolarization
• Resting potential
• Action Potential
Animal Behavior Intro, Nervous System
Synapse action
• NTs are green
• Ion gates are purpole
• Na+ ions are yellow
• Some NTs block gates
rather than open
• See “Neuron” video
Animal Behavior Intro, Nervous System
A neural-muscular synapse
Skeletal muscle cells are connected to neurons, and
only move when action potential stimulates muscle
Animal Behavior Intro, Nervous System