Dendrites
Recieve Input(where neurotransmitters binds)
Myelin
Speeds up action potential
Cell body
Organelles for normal function
Axon
Where action potential travels
Termimal
Releases nuerptramdmktters or stimulates muscle
Resting/polarized/normal
Na+ outside
k+ inside
Maintained by sodium potassium pump
Sodium potassium pump
Uses atp to move na+ outside neuron and k+ inside
depolarized
Positive , na+ in k+ out
Voltage gated sodium channels
Sense change in charge, sequentially open
Recoverh
Sodium potassium pump puts ions to rest. Na+ out k+ I’m
Myelin
Insulates cells, lets action potential travel faster
Synaptic cleft
Space between 2 neurons, contains vesicles filled with. Uerotrams,otters
Calcium
Enters terminal when last na+ channel opens, causes vesicles to move and fuse with cell membrane to release neurotransmitters into cleft
Nuerotransmitter
Molecule used as signal between 2 neurons
When neurotransmitter binds to a receptor
Generates action potential
Neurotoxin
Prevent normal functions of neurons