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This document discusses the neuromuscular junction and its components. It describes how nerve fibers form motor end plates that invaginate into muscle fibers at the neuromuscular junction. The space between the nerve and muscle fibers is called the synaptic cleft. Acetylcholine is released into the synaptic cleft from vesicles in the nerve fiber terminal in response to an action potential. Acetylcholine binds to receptors on the muscle fiber, triggering an action potential and muscle contraction. The enzyme acetylcholinesterase in the synaptic cleft breaks down acetylcholine to terminate the signal. Various drugs are mentioned that can affect the neuromuscular junction by stimulating acetylcholine release or blocking its breakdown. The
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The nervous system consists of the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves. It is responsible for functions like judgment, intelligence, memory, and responding to changes inside and outside the body. Neurons are the basic functional units and come in various types depending on their structure and function. Neuroglia provide metabolic support to neurons. Communication between neurons occurs at synapses via the release of neurotransmitters. An action potential is generated when a neuron is stimulated, allowing nerve impulses to travel rapidly along myelinated axons from node to node. This summarizes the key points about the structure and function of the nervous system.
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The neuromuscular junction exists between a motor neuron and skeletal muscle fiber. The nerve fiber forms branching terminals that release acetylcholine, which binds to receptors on the muscle fiber membrane. This opens ion channels, allowing sodium influx and generating an endplate potential that depolarizes the fiber and causes contraction if it reaches threshold. Diseases and toxins can impact this junction by altering acetylcholine release or receptor binding/function.
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The document provides information about the nervous system. It discusses the basic organization and processing of information in the nervous system. It describes neurons and their classification. It explains the synapse, action potential, and stages of an action potential. It also discusses neurotransmission, reflexes, divisions of the nervous system including the central and peripheral nervous systems, and special senses like vision, hearing, and proprioception.
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The document summarizes key aspects of the nervous system seminar. It describes the basic structure and function of neurons, glial cells, and nerve fibers. It discusses the organization of the nervous system including the central nervous system structures like the brain, spinal cord, and meninges. Key topics covered include the resting membrane potential, action potentials, synapses, and reflexes. Classification and properties of different nerve fibers are also summarized.
Neuromuscular junction
The neuromuscular junction is where a motor neuron connects to a muscle fiber. When an action potential reaches the axon terminal, calcium enters and causes vesicles containing acetylcholine to fuse with the membrane and release the neurotransmitter into the synaptic cleft. Acetylcholine then binds nicotinic receptors on the muscle fiber, causing sodium entry and developing an endplate potential that can trigger an action potential in the fiber. Acetylcholine is quickly broken down by acetylcholinesterase to allow muscle relaxation. A motor unit consists of a motor neuron and the fibers it innervates, so stimulating the neuron causes contraction of those fibers in a graded manner based on recruitment of additional motor units.
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The document discusses the neuromuscular junction and muscle contraction physiology. It defines the neuromuscular junction as the connection between motor neurons and muscle fibers that initiates muscle contraction. The structure and function of the neuromuscular junction is described, including the roles of acetylcholine, receptors, and acetylcholinesterase. The sliding filament model of muscle contraction is introduced. Different muscle fiber types, properties of muscle tissue, and the sarcomere as the contractile unit are defined.
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The document provides information about the nervous system and muscles. It discusses the structure and function of neurons, how nerve impulses are transmitted through the nervous system and to muscles, and the different types of muscles in the body. It explains that neurons communicate through electrochemical signals to control and coordinate body functions. When a sensory neuron detects a stimulus, the nervous system integrates the information and may trigger a motor neuron response through synaptic transmission.
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The nervous system consists of the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) and the peripheral nervous system (nerves). It detects internal and external changes, processes sensory information, and initiates motor responses. The nervous system has three main functions - sensory input, integration of input, and motor output responses. It works through neurons, which communicate via electrochemical signals called nerve impulses.
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Large motor neurons originates from the anterior horn cells of spinal cord
They are myelinated nerve fibers
They innervates skeletal muscles
Each nerve fiber after entering the muscle belly, branches and stimulates 3- several hundreds of skeletal muscle fibers
Each nerve ending makes a junction – Neuromuscular Junction
NMJ is present at midpoint of the muscle
AP initiated in the muscle fiber by the nerve impulse, travels in both directions towards the muscle fiber ends
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Membrane physiology
- 1. In the name of ALLAH who is most merciful and beneficent
- 2. Physiology • Membrane physiology nerve and muscle By: Dr. Rikza Naseer
- 3. The Neuromuscular Junction • Each nerve ending makes a junction, called the neuromuscular junction, with the muscle fiber near its midpoint.
- 4. Cont… • The nerve fiber forms a complex of branching nerve terminals that invaginate into the surface of the muscle fiber but lie outside the muscle fiber plasma membrane. The entire structure is called the motor end plate.
- 5. cont… • synaptic cleft The space between the terminal and the fiber membrane is called the synaptic space or synaptic cleft. • sub neural clefts At the bottom of the gutter are numerous smaller folds of the muscle membrane called sub neural clefts.
- 6. Cont…
- 7. Cont… • In the axon terminal are many mitochondria that supply adenosine triphosphate (ATP), the energy source that is used for synthesis of an excitatory transmitter acetylcholine. • In the synaptic space are large quantities of the enzyme acetyl cholinesterase, which destroys acetylcholine
- 8. Safety Factor: • The term 'safety factor' refers to the ability of neuromuscular transmission to remain effective under various physiological conditions and stresses. • This is a result of the amount of transmitter released per nerve impulse being greater than that required to trigger an action potential in the muscle fibre. The safety factor is a measure of this excess of released transmitter.
- 9. Molecular Biology of Acetylcholine Formation and Release • Acetylcholine is synthesized in the cytosol of the nerve fiber terminal but is immediately transported through the membranes of the vesicles to their interior. • Action potential • Calcium gated channels open • Acetylcholine in synaptic spaces • Acetyl cholinestrases
- 10. Drugs That Stimulate the Muscle Fiber by Acetylcholine-Like Action. • Methacholine • carbachol • Nicotine
- 11. Drugs That Stimulate the Neuromuscular Junction by Inactivating Acetylcholinesterase • Neostigmine • Physostigmine • Diisopropyl fluorophosphates
- 12. Drugs That Block Transmission at the Neuromuscular Junction • D-tubocurarine
- 13. Myasthenia Gravis: • is an autoimmune • muscle paralysis because of inability of the neuromuscular junctions to transmit enough signals from the nerve fibers to the muscle fibers. • The disease usually can be ameliorated for several hours by administering neostigmine or some other anticholinesterase drug
- 14. Excitation-Contraction Coupling • By t-tubules • Deep muscle contraction
- 15. •