Reflex: An automatic, stereotyped movement produced as the direct result of a stimulus.

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Reflex: An automatic, stereotyped movement produced as the direct result of a stimulus.

The Neuron number: 10 billion to a trillion 10,000 connections each parts: dendrites cell body (or "soma") axon terminal endings (or terminal buttons)

Questions… 1) how does a neuron "fire"? (what is the nerve impulse?) 2) how does it cause the next neuron to fire? (how does it communicate?)

nerve impulse = ACTION POTENTIAL: 1) start with electrical RESTING POTENTIAL: inside of cell is 70 mV more negative than outside due to Cl- ions inside and Na + ions outside (so RESTING POTENTIAL is -70 mV). 2) stimulation of neuron lets in Na+ ions, which makes the inside more positive: -70,-69,-68,-67...

ACTION POTENTIAL (continued)… 3) when enough Na+ ions get in for the potential to be reduced to -55 mV, suddenly the doors (ion gates) to the cell membrane are flung open allowing Na+ to rush in. 4) so much Na+ enters that the potential doesn't just go to 0 -- it shoots all the way up to +40 mV, so the inside is now positive relative to the outside (the ACTION POTENTIAL)

Action potential (conclusion) 5) ion pumps work to reduce potential back to -70 mV by pushing positive ions out (actually K+ because Na+ goes out slower; then ANOTHER pump takes Na+ back out and puts K+ back in)

ACTION POTENTIAL (continued)... note that -55mV is a threshold: below that voltage there is no action potential - firing is "all-or-none" more intense stimulation doesn't cause a more intense action potential -- just more frequent ones (up to 1000/sec!), and in more neurons

ACTION POTENTIAL (continued)… action potential travels down length of axon by depolarizing neighboring areas travels NOT at speed of electrical current in wire, but rather at about 50 to 100 m/sec