ANP 1105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Resting Potential, Axon Hillock, Cell Membrane

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Anatomy and Physiology
• Course: ANP 1105
• Professor: Jackie Carnegie

Document Summary

Hydrating protein synthesis that occurs in the cytoplasm, Dendrite part of the neuron does not have myelin sheaths, Axon hilloff which tells the boundaries where it is, right before where the axon begins, very important because thats the site where the action potential will be generated the. At the nodes of ranvier is where the action potential is recreated over and over as it travels down the axon, One axon per neuron, will branch at the end for the possibility of synapse. Not a lot of protein synthesis occurs in the axon, that happens more in the cell body, the axon is associated with movement as oppose to synthetic activity, getting things down it ex neurotransmitters, If axons are completely transected (cut), they will degenerate because its too much damage for it to repair itself, Have lots of micro laments and microtubules to support the parts sticking out of the cell body.