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It would initiate an "action potential," or in other words an electrical impulse carried from nerve to nerve. Neurotransmitters such as ACh (Acetylcholine) are like a medium of exchange between nerve cells, at the end of the neural fiber ACh is released, then picked up (smelled?) by the receptors at the end of another fiber, which can trigger such an impulse. And so these "action potentials" are passed rapidly from cell to cell.
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How could you use dendrite in a sentence?
The hairlike dendrites are located at the end of the sensory neuron.
What is the main part of the of a neuron?
It depends on what you mean by 'main'. The AXON is the part which CONVEYS the neural impulse, which could be thought of as the main FUNCTION of the neuron. But the DENDRITES are the parts which assess whether the neuron has been stimulated enough to fire the axon, which is another fundamental function of some neurons. And the BODY (soma) of the neuron is very much a 'main' part of the neuron, because without it the neuron would die.
If an impulse down one neuron but failed to move on to the next neuron what is wrong with the first neuron?
It is possible that nothing is wrong with the first neuron and that the second neuron has been desensitized, or if it is the first neuron then vesicles are not fusing with the membrane and releasing neurotransmitters. This could be because a toxin has damaged the proteins that control vesicle integration, or because the calcium channels have been blocked, or in the lab setting the terminal may have run out of neurotransmitter.
What could a Neuron is best described as what?
A neuron is best described as a specialized cell in the nervous system that transmits electrical and chemical signals. It consists of a cell body, dendrites that receive signals, and an axon that sends signals to other neurons or muscles. Neurons play a crucial role in processing and communicating information throughout the body, enabling functions such as movement, sensation, and cognition.
Can a brain be transplanted if a suitable host was found A GM'd clone with no brain body being kept going by machines?
Right now that is science fiction and beyond our technologies. The spinal cord would have to be somehow attached to the host body neuron by neuron. We have millions of neurons with one thousand dendrites each and we would have to somehow have a way to connect these to the brain if the person could hope to function.
An axon of an efferent neuron could synapse with?
An axon of an efferent neuron could synapse with a muscle fiber, gland, or another neuron in the peripheral nervous system.
Does the cell body process information in the neuron?
The main part of the neuron, containing the nucleus and other organelles and serving as the site of the cell's metabolic reactions; processes input from the dendrites and if input is large enough relays to the axon, where an impulse is initiated.
What is a word ending in ical that is to do with axons and dendrites?
Could be terminal for Axon Terminal or electrical- electrical impulses.
What occurs at the synapes when a nerve impluse arrives?
When a nerve impulse arrives at a synapse, it triggers the release of neurotransmitters from the presynaptic neuron into the synaptic cleft. These neurotransmitters then bind to receptor sites on the postsynaptic neuron, causing a change in its membrane potential. This change can either excite or inhibit the postsynaptic neuron, influencing whether an action potential is generated.
What is the actual length of a human neuron in metric units?
depends, could be over a meter long, could be less than a millimetre, it all depends upon if you have a sensory/motoric neuron or a switching-neuron
What is the difference between the way excitatory and inhibitory transmitters work?
As a rule more than one presynaptic action potential is needed to fire the postsynaptic neuron or muscle so that the trigger to initiate an action potential are either many subthreshold local potentials from different sources or from the same neuron received within a short period of time. The first case is called spatial summation and the second case is called temporal summation. Whether a postsynaptic potential (another term for a local potential) is excitatory or inhibitory depends on what ion channels are affected by the transmitter released from the presynaptic vesicles.
What does the axon of an efferent neuron could synapse with?
a sense organ
