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    In response to a stimulus, the excitable cell membrane of a neuron cell goes from a resting state to depolarization, followed by repolarization to that resting state again. This process is called action potential. This lab report is about action potential and the electric activity in the normal cell membrane environment, environments modified by various toxins, and action potentials observed in human reflexes.

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    In response to a stimulus, the excitable cell membrane of a neuron cell goes from a resting state to depolarization, followed by repolarization to that resting state again. This process is called action potential. This lab report is about action potential and the electric activity in the normal cell membrane environment, environments modified by various toxins, and action potentials observed in human reflexes.

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    KayleighLara

    NervousSystemLabReport

    Thislabreportisaboutactionpotentialandtheelectricactivityinthenormalcellmembrane
    environment,environmentsmodifiedbyvarioustoxins,andactionpotentialsobservedinhuman
    reflexes.Inresponsetoastimulus,theexcitablecellmembraneofaneuroncellgoesfroma
    restingstatetodepolarization,followedbyrepolarizationtothatrestingstateagain.Thisprocess
    iscalledactionpotential.Depolarizationoccurswithinaneuronwheresodiumionsenterthecell
    andraisethechargefromanegativetoapositivelevelreversingthestateoftheresting
    potential.Repolarizationoccurswhenthemembraneofaneuronbecomesmorepermeable,
    whichallowspotassiumionstodiffuseoutoftheneuroncausingthemembranetoreturntothe
    restingstate.Afterrepolarization,theperiodwhenaxonscantbestimulatedtogenerateanew
    actionpotentialiscalledtherefractoryperiodwhichlimitsimpulsestoanaverageof100per
    second.Thefollowingfigureswilladdressactionpotentialandtheactionpotentialdatacollected
    fromspecificcranialandperipheralnerves.

    Figure1
    :Thislinegraphshowshowactionpotentialiscausedbydifferentamountsofvoltage
    andatwhattimeintervalsdepolarizationandrepolarizationintheneuronbeginsandends.

    Figure2
    :Thistoxingraphpresentsthedifferenttoxinsincorrelationwiththeirnegativeeffects
    onaneuronthatenablesitfromgoingthroughthenormalstagesofactionpotential.

    Figure3
    :Thischartandimagecontains
    thetwelvemajorcranialnervesonasheep
    brainand
    theirfunctionsthat,throughaction
    potential,theyareabletoprovidetothe
    body.


    Exampleofthereflexarc

    Figure4:
    The
    pictures
    above
    (takenby
    author)
    showhow
    astimulus(
    reflex
    mallet)
    affectsa
    receptor
    andcauses
    sensory/afferentneuronstobesenttothespinalcord.Oncesenttothespinalcordingoes
    throughtheinterneuronwhichprocessestheneuron'sinformationandsendsittothemotor/
    efferentneuron(musculocutaneous).Thisprocessiscarriedoutbyactionpotentialwhich
    increaseasthemusclestretchesandthedecreasesasthemusclecontracts.

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