KINESIOL 1Y03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Membrane Potential, Resting Potential, Action Potential

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Lots of k leak channels and few na leak channels. Na high on outside and k high on inside. K leaves (high concentration), makes outside more positive and inside more negative. Proteins are attracted to k and follow them up the membrane but cannot leave, making the membrane really negative on the inside. Eventually, enough k have left that some are getting pulled back in. Balance between k leaving and entering the cell. 70mv is the normal resting membrane potential (negative means the inside of the cell is negative); how far away from 0 is what matters. Neurons are electrically excitable due to the resting membrane potential. Resting membrane potential = cell that is easily excitable = able to send a signal. To create an electrical signal, you need to change the membrane potential. Electrical signal is just a change in the membrane potential across that membrane that can potentially move from one cell to another.

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When a neuron is stimulated, the area of the membrane at thepoint of stimulation becomes

more permeable to Na+. If a cell starts at resting potential(-70mv), and is then stimulated:

A. The membrane voltage will become < -70mV, because Na+will move OUT of the cell.

B. The membrane voltage will become > -70mV, because Na+will move OUT of the cell.

C. The membrane voltage will become < -70mV because Na+will move INTO the cell.

D. The membrane voltage will become > -70mV because Na+will move INTO the cell.

. At the peak of the action potential, the Na+ voltage-gatedchannels close, and K+ voltage-gated

channels open in response to the positive membrane potential.In order to return the cell to its

negative resting potential quickly:

A. K+ will diffuse along its concentration gradient INTO thecell.

B. K+ will diffuse along its concentration gradient OUT of thecell.

C. Na+ will reverse its direction of diffusion OUT of thecell.

D. The sodium-potassium pump will move Na+ OUT of the cell andK+ INTO the cell.

E. None of the above would return the cell to its negativeresting potential quickly.

You experiment with higher concentrations of toxin and findcases when the cell could not

repolarize at all or, if it began to repolarize, itimmediately depolarized again. This tells you that

the toxin:

A. Prevents voltage-gated K+ channels from opening.

B. Increases the speed that the Na+ ion channels open.

C. Prevents the Na+ ion channels from closing.

D. Makes the Na+ ion channels close too soon.

E. Doesn

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You made an artificial cell that has a membrane completelyimpermeable to all ions. There are no ion channels or pumps

in the membrane. You fill the cell with 100 mM KCl, and place it inan extracellular solution containing 10 mM KCl.

(1) What is the electrical membrane potential measuredbetween the inside and the outside of the cell? Why?

You insert into the membrane of this cell ion channels that areselective only for K+ ions(note: these are the so-called

"leak" channels that are open all the time, regardless of membranepotential).

(2) What is the membrane potential now? Why?

You insert even more K+channels into the membrane, which makes it even more permeable toK+ ions.

(3) What is the membrane potentialnow?

You add 5 mM NaCl inside the cell, and 100 mM NaCl to theextracellular solution.

(4) Will the membrane potential change, and if so, will itbecome more negative or more positive? (Don

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Santiago Ramon y Cajalâs theory of dynamic polarization refers to the:

(a)membrane potential of a neuron at rest.

(b)membrane potential of a neuron firing action potentials.

(c)opening and closing of gated channels in the membrane.

(d)one way flow of information in neurons from dendrites to axon terminals.

(e)one way flow of information in neurons from axon terminals to dendrites.

Over the course of scientific history, there are many examples of scientists reaching the right conclusion for the wrong reasons. When Schwann first proposed that the nervous system was made of individual cells, he based it on observations of:

(a)synapses.

(b)dendrites

(c)axon terminals.

(d)astrocytes.

(e)Nodes of Ranvier.

The synaptic cleft was finally seen in the 1950s. What prevented scientists from seeing it earlier?

(a)The resolution of the light microscope.

(b)They were looking in the wrong place.

(c)Their tissue was not appropriately stained.

(d)Myelination of the axons.

(e)all of the above

The resting membrane potential of a neuron is approximately:

(a) +65 V

(b) +65 mV

(d) -65 mV

What is largely responsible for the resting membrane potential in a neuron?

(a)Axonal insulation by myelin

(b)Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels

(c)The Action Potential

(d)Potassium Leak Channels

Which of the following would DECREASE the propagation velocity of an action potential down an axon?

(a)Increase in axon diameter

(b)Increase myelination between nodes of Ranvier

(c)Remove myelination between nodes of Ranvier

(d)Decrease density of voltage-gated Na+ channels except at the Nodes of Ranvier

The resting membrane potential of a neuron can be estimated using the:

(a)Nernst equation

(b)Goldman equation

(c)Hodgkin and Huxley equation

(d)Ohmâs law

18. What would happen to the resting membrane potential of a neuron if you added K+ to the extracellular fluid?

(a)Resting membrane potential would increase (become more positive)

(b)Resting membrane potential would decrease (become more negative)

(c)Resting membrane potential would not change

(d)Resting membrane potential would be abolished

. Which of the following statements is FALSE for Graded Potentials

(a)Magnitude changes with magnitude of triggering stimulus

(b)Magnitude decreases with distance from initial site

(c)Cannot be summed

(d)No refractory period

In the nervous system, the strength of the stimulus is coded into:

(a)The frequency of action potentials generated

(b)The amplitude of action potentials generated

(c)Both the frequency and amplitude of action potentials generated

(d)The duration of individual action potentials generated

Ion movement during both the depolarization and repolarization phases of an action potential are the result of:

(a)active transport pumps along the neuron membrane.

(b)diffusion of ions down their electrochemical concentration gradients.

(c)negative feedback loops.

(d)All of the above

At the peak of the action potential, the membrane potential is:

(a)Exactly at the Na+ equilibrium potential

(b)Greater (more positive) than the Na+ equilibrium potential

(c)Above 0 mV but less positive than the Na+ equilibrium potential

(d)0 mV

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