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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

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