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The Action Potential

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Action Potential Pictoral Guide, and use it while viewing the:

Action Potential

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Using the graph above, can you identify the cooresponding events on an axon? Use associated handouts on this page to help.

Regarding the diagram at left, is the neuron unipolar, bipolar, or multipolar?

Identify:
  • Cell Body of Neuron
  • Axon and Axoplasm
  • Synaptic End Bulbs
  • Axolemma
  • Dendrites
  • Schwann Cells