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nervous communitcation

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did adrian have any choice over the name?   NO  
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Neurones transmit impulses as what kind of signal?   electrical  
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Waht is different about nerve cells as apposed to any other cell in the body?   They cannot regenerate  
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The resting potential in the plasma membrane of the axon is produced and maintained by the ...?   Sodium-potassium pump  
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What is the resting potential of a neurone?   -40 mV  
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What is the difference between a sensory and a motor neurone?   their cell bodies are in different places  
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what is the insulation of an axon called?   myelinated sheath/schwann cell  
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how does the relfex arc work?   input from receptor-->travels along the motor neurone-->action potential moves from the motor neurone to the intermediate neurone--> action potential moves from intermediate neurone to the sensory neurone--> output to effector  
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what is the action potential?   a fleeting reversal of the resting potential across the plamsa membrane of a neurone, which rapidly travels along its length  
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what is the axon?   a long cytoplasmic process of a neurone, that conducts action potentials away from the cell bodies.  
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