Nervous Coordination

Subject: Nervous Coordination Mon Dec 22, 2008 3:38 pm

WHY DO NERVE IMPULSE TRAVEL ONLY IN ONE DIRECTION??????????

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Nerve Impulses travel in one direction

This is due to the refractory period i.e. Na+ channels are open or recovering.
The refractory period allows the voltage sensitive ion channels to restore their original polarity
Absolute refractory period - Na+ channels are open or recovering
Relative refractory period - Occurs when the membrane is hyperpolarised (-80mV), where the K+ channels are open. Action potentials are more difficult to generate during this period relative to resting potential (-70mV)

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i think it is because of Synapse between neurons.

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arrrrrre abhas,i cant even get d abc of wat u said.pllllzzz..either abhas or ne1 else xplain dis in simpler words

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k..listen...imagine the flow of traffic..its uni-directional..similarly..the impulses too travel in one direction.otherwise,there are chances of mixing up of impulses,which will be terribly chaotic!
the synapse only ensures tht they travel in one direction.

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no...no....no...here is the answer::
the axon ending has connection with another cyton(synapse).when impulse reaches the axon ending bulb,it produces neurotransmitters which freely transmit the impulse to the cyton.so cyton cannot pass an impulse to an axon as it cannot produce nerotransmitters.the synaptic bulb produces them.so impulse travels only in one direction...now got it sunny

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ohh ohk...cool!
where are u frm ?i mean,which school?

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vaish, did u ask me???

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yupp,tht was for you !

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It is uni directional because once the region next to the exited region is polarised the previous region becomes repolarised and once the tension crosses the nueron to the next the terminal end release acetylcholine which is a chemical which sets a new impulse in the next nueron, this chemical is slowly broken down by an enzyme and the previous nueron is back to normal and everyone is Happy!!

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Lol..yeah thanks for tht!
i jus realized tht i had completely ignored tht bit of info in my text book Razz

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cn ny1 please tell me ki vich is the correct answer out of all these

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i think vallabh's answer is correct!!

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i also think so.

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me too........

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both answers are right...i.e. hari and vallabh...so write both....+ one mor thing....the polarization n repolarization part is not in syllabus...but, just go through it!! as you all know, my teacher is very very famous in giving whatever is not in boardd!! so i learnt it....now, you all go through it too!!!

Vaish:

which book do u use? concise?