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NervousSystemLabReport
ThislabreportwillincludeActionPotentialsalsoknownasimpulses,toxinseffectonaction
potentials,andcranialnerveandreflexactionpotential.
Actionpotentialinamultipolarneuron,
wherethefirstpartoftheactionistriggeredbyastimulusandrespondsintransmittingmillivolts
acrossthecellmembrane,riseandfallataconstantpace.(Allornothing)Depolarizationisthe
reductionofamembrane'srestingpotentialsothemembranebecomeslessnegative.
Repolarizationisthestateintheactionpotentialprocessthatreturnsmembranepotentialback
toitsnegativevoltageafterthedepolarizationprocesshasoccurredbyselectivelyopeningand
closingofthepotassiumchannelsonthecellmembrane.theperiodwhereaxonscantbe
stimulatedtogenerateanewactionpotentialiscalledtherefractoryperiodwhichlimits
impulsestoanaverageof100persecond.Thefollowingfigureswilladdressnervoussystem
actionpotentialsstudies.
Thegraphshowshowtheactionpotentialswork.
Thetablebelowisshowingtheeffectsthetoxinshaveontheactionpotentialsandwhatthe
resultofthemimpactingtheactionpotentialis.
Toxins
Definition
Maculotoxin
behavesasacationundercertainconditionsandwas
showntobechemicallysimilartobutdistinctfrom
tetrodotoxin
Latrotoxin
ahighmolecularmassneurotoxinfoundinthevenom
ofspidersofthegenuslatrodectus
Bungarotoxin
powerfulneurotoxinfoundithevenomofthekrait
Tetrodotoxin
highlylethalneurotoxinpresentinumerousspeciesof
pufferfish
Apamin
aneurotoxicinbeevenom
Charybdotoxin
itisaneurotoxinthatinhibitscalciumactivated
potassiumchannels
Conotoxin
itisaneurotoxinfromthemarinefishhuntingsnails
Figure2:Toxinsandtheirdefinitions
ThetablebelowshowstheCranialNervesandhowtheywork.
CranialNerves:
Function:
OlfactoryBulb
senseofsmell
OpticNerve
isapairednervethattransmitsvisualinformation
fromtheretinatothebrain
OculomotorNerve
enablesmostmovementsoftheeyeandthatraises
theeyelid
TrochlearNerve
isamotornervethatthatinnervatesonlyasingle
muscle
TrigeminalNerve
nervethatisresponsibleforthesensationoftheface
andmotorfunctionssuchasbitingandchewing
FacialNerve
tastesensationsfromtheanteriortwothirdsofthe
tongueandoralcavity
GlossopharyngealNerve
amixednervethatcarriesafferentsensoryefferent
motorinformation
AccessoryNerve
nervethatcontrolsthesternocleidomastoidand
trapeziusmuscles
AbducensNerve
isasomaticefferentnervethatinhumans,controls
themovementofasinglemuscle,thelateralrectus
oftheeye
VestibulocochlearNerve
transmitssoundandequilibriuminformationfromthe
innereartothebrain
VagusNerve
interfaceswithparasympatheticcontroloftheheart
anddigestivetract
HypoglossalNerve
innervatesmusclesofthetongue
Figure3:TheCranialNervesandtheirFunctions