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How long does it take for an impulse to travel from one neuron to another?
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one second
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What begins when a neuron is stimulated by another neuron or by the environment true or false?
From the axon terminal of another neuron, a bunch of chemicals (neurotransmitters) are released and travel across the synapse (junction of two neurons). If enough stimulate the second neuron, the total energy triggers another action potential. Short and simple explanation--message me if you want more info!
What are the two parts the neuron is split up into?
There are actually 3 parts to a neuron. The dendrites are tree branch like projections that receive nerve impulses from another neuron, the cell body that contains the nucleus, and the axon, a long fiber that carries the nerve impulse away from the cell body to the next neuron.
How long would it take for a sound impulse to travel through an aluminum rod 150 meters long?
0.029
How neurone work?
Neurons carry messages by converting a chemical signal into an electrical one, and vice versa. The dendrites of the neuron receive "messages" from chemicals that were released by another neuron. These chemicals are called "neurotransmitters". The neurotransmitter stimulates the neuron to depolarize. This means that the neuron's cell membrane becomes more permeable to sodium, and sodium moves into the cell. This causes the electrical charge of the cell to change, because sodium is positively charged. When it moves into the cell, the inside of the cell (or neuron) becomes less negatively charged and more neutral. At the same time, the area outside the cell becomes more negatively charged because of the positive sodium ions leaving that space. This rapid change in electrical charge is called "depolarization" and is essentially an electrical impulse. If the electrical charge is drastic enough (i.e., it meets the "threshold potential" by changing by at least 15 to 20 millivolts) the electrical signal carries all the way down the neuron into the axon. In the axon, a myelin sheath, or fatty covering, covers the neuron and essentially acts as insulation so that the electrical impulse can travel more quickly. Once the impulse reaches the axon terminal, it signals neurotransmitters to be released from that neuron and be interpreted by another neuron. Hence, the process starts all over again. I apologize for this answer being so long, there really is no way to answer this question briefly.
What allows nerve cells to transmit signals over long distances?
The neuron has a long, thin tube called the axon which sends an electric nerve impulse very quickly, akin to an electrical cord.
How long would it take for a nerve impulse to travel from the spinal cord to the big toe?
almost instantly
In an ECG pattern the P-Q interval indicates how long it takes for the cardiac impulse to travel from the?
An ECG pattern the P-Q interval indicates how long it takes for the cardiac impulse to travel from the SA node through the AV node.
What are long and short reflexes?
Long reflexes are mediated by the central nervous system and involve communication between the brain and spinal cord. Short reflexes are mediated within the autonomic nervous system and involve communication between local neurons in the enteric nervous system of the gastrointestinal tract.
How long would it for a sound impulse to travel through an aluminum rod 25 kilometers long?
It should take approx 3.96 seconds.
What is the adaptive features of neurone on the central nervous system?
the neuron consist of the million short dendrites that receive electric impulse to the body cell, also the long axon that takes away the electric impulse away from the cell body and also it contain the myelin sheath that helps in contraction on axon to facilitate the quick transmission of the nerve impulse
How do impulses travel throughout the nervous system?
An impulse travels from one nerve to another by release & subsequent diffusion of chemicals called neurotransmitters across a very small gap between neurons, called a synapse.How neurotransmitters are released: As an impulse reaches an end of a neuron (the axon terminal), the impulse opens ion pores in that axon terminal which allows Calcium ions to enter, which cause the movement of small membrane bounded packets of neurotransmitter chemicals, called vesicles (like tiny water balloons), to move to the cell membrane, where the vesicles fuse into the cell membrane, thus releasing the contents, the neurotransmitters, into the small space (the synaptic cleft) between the axon terminal and the dendrite of the post-synaptic neuron (the neuron the impulse is traveling to).What neurotransmitters do when they reach the post-synaptic neuron: The post-synaptic neuron has many receptor structures each of which are like a combination of a "well", and an open-and-closeable tunnel or pore. The "well" (or hole with a bottom surface) is a RECEPTOR for the neurotransmitter chemical, in that the neurotransmitter FITS into that well like a key into a lock. And when a neurotransmitter diffuses to and enters that well, it affects the shape of the companion tunnel (ION PORE), such that the ion pore OPENS, thus allowing Sodium ions to enter the post-synaptic neuron (normally at a dendrite, the manifold tiny input structures for a neuron).A previous answer slightly improved: Nerve impulse travelingThe impulse is like an electrical current which 'flows' along the nerves cells, their inputs ('branches' called dendrites), their outputs (axons), and the junctions between nerves; but it is not so simple as a regular electrical wire, because a complex biochemical process is also involved. This process is responsible for the initial creation of the electrical current, to its re-creation some additional times along its passing (- otherwise it would have died out because of the long lengths such an impulse travels), and to its re-creation in any 'new' nerve cell it reaches.
How long does it take an impulse to travel 10 meters?
That depends on the type of nerve fiber - anywhere from 1/10 th of a second to 10 seconds.
