PCB 3712 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Metabotropic Receptor, Sodium Channel, Ganglion Cell
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Transduction: changing one stimulus into another signal receptor graded potential neuron-->action potential in specific region in the brain sense is translated by the brain. The greater the stimulus the greater it will be transduced into an action potential. Receptor cells experience a graded potential that will summate to create a action potential down the axon. The greater the graded potential the greater the summation and resultant. Detects sound and acceleration and movement in space. When the hairs on the hair cell deflect one way the channel open, when deflected the other way the channels close. Deflecting the hair will create graded potential changes that will then be translated to the sensory neuron which will then respond with action potentials. The higher the graded potential the higher the frequency of action potentials. Action potential will create a frequency of sound that we then hear. Frequency: the number of waves that past a certain point in a given time frame.
