Darkthorn’s Blog

Temporal Summation – in order to produce a reaction, the first stimulus provides a hump for the second to leap off and reach threshold. Spatial Summation – when there are two connections though a dendrite and the cell body (first provides hump) Simultaneous Stimulation – two connections though the cell body make it easy to [...]

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Muscle Structure and Contractile Properties – Muscle fibre – cellular element, multinucleate, each innervated, sarcomere as a functional division – Sarcolemma – cell membrane – Sarcoplamic reticulum – source of Ca2+ that surrounds each myofibril – Myofibril – bundles of actin and myosin – T-tubules – ramifying tubular system that carried the depolarization of the [...]

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- chemical senses – oldest and most common form of sensory system – pheromones released for chemosensory information/communication – reproductive behavior, identification, aggression – chemoreceptors – generate neural signals on binding with particular chemicals – provide quality control for injestion Taste – tongue, mouth, palate, pharynx, epiglottis – taste and smell are intertwined to detect [...]

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