Review

NERVOUS
Milka Rahman
SYSTEM Sr. Biology Instructor
Mastermind
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Three Factors Affect the
Speed of Conduction
of
Action Potentials
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• Speed of the impulse along the axon is faster in myelinated neurone.
• Myelination is the formation of a myelin sheath.
• Myelin sheath produced by Schwann cells for peripheral axons.
• Myelin sheath produced by oligodendrocytes for central axons.
• This causes saltatory conduction.
• Saltatory conduction is the propagation of action potentials along
myelinated axons from one node of Ranvier to the next node.
• This increasing the conduction velocity of action potentials/ nerve impulse.

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• As depolarisation cannot occur at the cells making up the myelin sheath
• The wave of depolarisation can only occur at the nodes of ranvier
• Thus, action potentials appear to jump from node to node when travelling down an axon.
• This phenomenon is known as saltatory conduction
• Serves as a means of increasing the rate of propagation of an action potential
• Also conserves energy for the axon as depolarization only occurs at the nodes and not along the whole length
of the nerve fibre, as in unmyelinated fibres.

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• Impulses cannot be transmitted
• So action potentials not possible
• Sodium diffuse into the axon of the neurone
• As poison caused the sodium channels to open
• Sodium diffuses – so it moves into axon down the concentration gradient
• Thus neurone is depolarized
• Poison permanently causes the sodium channels to open
• So depolarisation is permanent
• Resting potential cannot be re-established

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 Q Neurones conduct nerve impulses.
 The diagram below shows a sensory neurone. 7
 Q Neurones conduct nerve impulses.
 The diagram below shows a sensory neurone. 7
 Q Neurones conduct nerve impulses.
 The diagram below shows a sensory neurone. 8
 Q Neurones conduct nerve impulses.
 The diagram below shows a sensory neurone. 8
 Describe how a resting potential is
maintained in an axon. 9
 Answer?
 Describe how a resting potential is
maintained in an axon. 9
 Answer?
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