Small channels are often referred to as tributaries or creeks. These are typically secondary watercourses that flow into larger bodies of water such as rivers or lakes. They are important in delivering water and nutrients to larger ecosystems.
The channels that transport sodium and potassium within the axon are called voltage-gated sodium channels and voltage-gated potassium channels. These channels play a crucial role in generating and propagating action potentials along the axon.
In the nervous system the system of membrane channels is called the neuroreceptors. Neurotransmitters use the neuroreceptors as binding sites.
Protein channels
Gap junctions are small channels that form across the plasma membranes of adjacent cells, allowing for direct communication and exchange of ions, small molecules, and signaling molecules between the cells.
Ion channels that are always open are called leak channels. They allow a continuous flow of ions across the cell membrane, helping to maintain the resting membrane potential of the cell.
Haversian canals
They are called rills. Rills are small channels that form on sloping land when water flows over the surface, cutting small ditches as it moves downhill.
small channel
River bifurcation is the name for where a river splits into several channels with islands in the middle. Distributaries are the product of river bifurcation which can form islands and channels.
Small channels that radiate through the matrix of bone are called canaliculi. These canaliculi contain cellular processes that allow for communication and nutrient exchange between bone cells (osteocytes) located within the bone.
A braided river is one of a number of channel types and has a channel that consists of a network of small channels separated by small and often temporary islands called braid bars. Example: Waimakariri River-New Zealand..
Depends on what the pore does. If they are channels - they are called Channels. Voltage gated / ligand activated channels. If they are to communicate with neighbouring cells - they are called gap junctions.
The channels that transport sodium and potassium within the axon are called voltage-gated sodium channels and voltage-gated potassium channels. These channels play a crucial role in generating and propagating action potentials along the axon.
these channels were called aqueducts
In the nervous system the system of membrane channels is called the neuroreceptors. Neurotransmitters use the neuroreceptors as binding sites.
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A 'rill' is a collection of small channels on a slope caused by erosion. Each tiny groove is called a 'channel.'