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    Action potential in a multipolar neuron, where the first part of the axon is triggered by a stimulus and responds in transmitting millivolts across the cell membrane. Toxins effect on action potentials, and cranial nerve and reflex action potential.

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    Action potential in a multipolar neuron, where the first part of the axon is triggered by a stimulus and responds in transmitting millivolts across the cell membrane. Toxins effect on action potentials, and cranial nerve and reflex action potential.

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    NervousSystemLabReport

    ThislabreportwillincludeActionPotentialsalsoknownasimpulses,toxinseffectonaction
    potentials,andcranialnerveandreflexactionpotential.Actionpotentialinamultipolarneuron,
    wherethefirstpartoftheaxonistriggeredbyastimulusandrespondsintransmittingmillivolts
    acrossthecellmembrane,riseandfallataconstantpace(allornothing).Depolarizationisthe
    reproductionofamembrane'srestingpotential,sothatthemembranebecomeslessnegative.
    Repolarizationisthestateintheactionpotentialprocessthatreturnsmembranepotentialback
    toitsnegativevoltageafterthedepolarizationprocesshasoccurredbyselectivelyopeningand
    closingofthepotassiumchannelsonthecellmembrane.Theperiodwhenaxonscantbe
    stimulatedtogenerateanewactionpotentialiscalledtherefractoryperiodwhichlimitsimpulses
    toanaverageof100persecond.Thefollowingfigureswilladdressnervoussystemaction
    potentialsstudies.

    Figure1

    Normalactionpotential


    Toxins

    Toxins

    Animal

    Effects

    Maculotoxin

    Blueringedoctopus

    Blockssodiumchannels

    Latrotoxin

    BlackWidowSpider

    Enhancesacetylcholine
    release

    abungarotoxin

    Krait

    Blocksacetylcholine
    (nicotinic)receptors

    Tetrodotoxin

    Pufferfish

    Blockssodiumchannel

    Apamin

    Bee

    Blockspotassiumchannels

    Charybdotoxin

    Scorpion

    Blockspotassiumreceptors

    Conotoxin

    ConeSnail

    Onetypeblocks
    voltagesensitivecalcium
    channelsoneblocks
    voltagesensitivesodium
    channelsoneblocksACh
    receptors

    Figure2

    Thefigureaboveisatableofdifferenttoxinsandtheireffects,italsoshowswhichanimalcan
    causethefollowingtoxins.However,actionpotentialcanbeinseveralanimalcells.

    CranialNervesandtheirfunctions

    Olfactory

    Senseofsmell

    Optic

    Vision

    Oculomotor

    Controlonsomeeyemusclesandeyelid

    Trochlear

    Controlofsomeeyemuscles

    Trigeminal

    Chewingmusclesandsomefacialsensation

    Abducent

    Motorcontrolofsomeeyemuscles

    Facial

    controloffacialmuscles,salivation,taste,
    andcutaneoussensation

    Acoustic

    Equilibration,staticsenseandhearing

    Glossopharyngeal

    Salivation,sensationofskin,tasteand
    viscera

    Vagus

    Motorcontroltotheheartandviscera,
    sensationfromthethorax,pharynx,and
    abdominalviscera

    Accessory

    Motorimpulsestothepharynxandshoulder

    Hypoglossal

    Motorcontrolofthetongue,someskeletal
    muscles,someviscera,sensationfromskin
    andviscera

    Figure3

    Thefollowingfigureshowsthedifferentcranial(brain)nervesandtheirfunctions.Thebrain
    containsneuronswhicharepartoftheCNS.TheCNShasvariouscenterslocatedwithinit,that
    carryoutthesensory,motorandintegrationofdata.Thecranialnervesconnectwithaction
    potentialsthroughneuronsandmuscles.

    ReflexData

    ReflexTests

    Left

    Right

    Bicep

    Strongreflex

    Strongreflex

    Patellar

    Strongreflex

    Weakreflex

    Figure4

    Inthefigureabovethetableshowsthelocationofwherewetestedthereflex.TheReflexarc
    causedthemusclestoreacttothereflexmallet.

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