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A nerve cell when at rest is negatively charged, this means that on the inside it is more negative than on the outside. The potential difference is around -70mV. The mechanism that helps to achieve that p...

An increase in temperature increases kinetic energy of particles, so collision frequency increases and more enzyme-substrate complexes are formed, therefore rate of reaction increases. The rate of reactio...

During depolarisation, sodium ions move into the cell, resulting in the membrane potential rising from -70 millivolts (mV) to +40mV.During repolarisation, potassium ions move out of the cell, and the memb...

· The myelin sheath means that action potentials can occur only at the gaps between the Schwann cells that make up the myelin sheath.· Effectively the action potential jumps from one node of Ranvier to th...

·   Myelin sheath is an insulating layer of fatty material, composed of Schwann cells wrapped tightly around the neurone.·   Sodium and potassium ions cannot diffuse through this fatty layer.·   In betwee...