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Excitable Tissues: DR Joseph Wabwire
Excitable Tissues: DR Joseph Wabwire
Dr Joseph Wabwire
• Definition of excitable tissues
• b) Classification of excitable tissue [membrane, nerve,
muscle (skeletal, cardiac and smooth)
• c) Electrical excitability
• d) Membrane potential
• e) Action potential
• f) Neuron action potential and synaptic transmission
• g) Structure of a neuron
• h) Neuro-muscular junction/ transmission
• i) Electrical activity of the heart
AN EXAMPLE OF A CELL WHICH CAN BE EXCITED
What are Excitable tissues?
• Excitable tissues are those that are made of
cells that can alter their membrane potentials
in response to a stimuli, and generate action
potentials.
• Excitability is the ability of specialized cells to
respond to external stimuli by producing
electric signals known as Action Potentials at
its membranes.
ACTION POTENTIAL
Classification of excitable tissue
• Mainly 3 Categories;
• b) Muscles 3 types;
1) Skeletal muscle
2) Smooth Muscle
3) Cardiac Muscle
• Exracellular fluid mainly has Sodium Na(+) ions and Chloride ions
(CL-)
• In neurons, the Resting Membrane potential is -90mV, in Skeletal
muscle; -90 to -80mV
MEMBRANE POTENTIAL
ACTION POTENTIAL
• Action potential is the change in the membrane
potential that happens when the excited tissue
is stimulated by a stimulus.
• ASSIGNMENT
• ANY QUESTIONS?
• END