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You and your lab partner have prepared a frog nerve for gathering data on action potentials. You ...

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Compare and contrast the communication mechanisms between the nervous and endocrine systems. In ...

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A compound action potential is recorded using electrodes on a nerve. How does a nerve differ from an ...

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Your study partner has concluded that a single action potential, once initiated, spreads down the ...

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Define temporal and spatial summation. Where does the summation occur? Can they occur at the same ...

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Explain the two reasons why graded potentials lose strength as they move through the cell. Why don't ...

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Explain the kiss-and-run model of synaptic vesicle exocytosis, and how it differs from the classic model.

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"A refractory period occurs following all types of potentials." Is this statement TRUE or FALSE? ...

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Compare and contrast action and graded potentials. Your answer should include a definition of each, ...

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Briefly explain the organization of the nervous system in either paragraph form or using a concept ...

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When two or more graded potentials arrive at the trigger zone within a short period of time, their ...

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Products from the cell body of a neuron are transported to the axon terminals by ________.

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Tsering's father suffers a stroke that leaves him partially paralyzed on his right side. What type ...

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How would blocking retrograde transport in an axon affect the activity of a neuron?

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Arrange the following events in the proper sequence:1. Efferent neuron graded potential reaches ...

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Conduction speed can be increased by

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The following are the main steps in the generation of an action potential:1. sodium channels are ...

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If the resting axon's membrane becomes more permeable to potassium ions,

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Indicate true or false. If FALSE, substitute a word or phrase for the boldfaced word(s) that will ...

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Name the two factors that influence the membrane potential.

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The addition of stimuli arriving one after another to produce an action potential is called ________.

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The tip of an embryonic nerve cell's axon is called a

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An excitatory postsynaptic potential (EPSP)

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In order for a synapse to be an effective means of cellular communication, removal of ...

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Calcium is important in the synapse because it

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