The document discusses how bioelectricity is generated in excitable tissues like nerves. The resting potential of neurons is established through ion concentration gradients maintained by the sodium-potassium pump. When the membrane is depolarized beyond a threshold, voltage-gated sodium channels open, causing an action potential that propagates rapidly along the axon. At synapses, an action potential triggers neurotransmitter release which can excite or inhibit the next neuron.