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The combining of the neurotransmitter with the muscle membrane receptors causes the membrane to become permeable to sodium ions and depolarization of the membrane. This depolarization triggers an action potential that leads to muscle contraction.
Opening of these channels leads to depolarization of the motor endplate, which triggers the release of neurotransmitters (such as acetylcholine) from synaptic vesicles. This initiates the muscle contraction process by activating the muscle fibers.
Depolarization of the sarcolemma is the process where there is a change in the electrical charge across the cell membrane of a muscle cell. This change in charge helps to propagate an action potential along the cell membrane, initiating muscle contraction.
The nerve impulse causes the release of acetylcholine from the motor end plate. This causes the depolarization of the membrane of the adjacent muscle cell.
The specific event that initiates a muscle contraction is the release of calcium ions within the muscle cell. This triggers a series of chemical reactions that ultimately lead to the sliding of actin and myosin filaments, resulting in muscle contraction.
The QRS complex corresponds to the depolarization of the ventricles in the heart. It represents the spread of the electrical signal that initiates the contraction of the ventricles. This is a critical step in the cardiac cycle that leads to the pumping of blood out of the heart.
Information is transferred at the neuromuscular junction (NMJ) through the release of acetylcholine from the synaptic vesicles of the motor neuron. Acetylcholine binds to receptors on the muscle cell membrane, leading to depolarization and the generation of an action potential that initiates muscle contraction. The process is tightly regulated to ensure precise communication between the motor neuron and muscle fiber.
No, depolarization refers to the change in electrical charge within a cell, specifically during the initiation of an action potential. Contraction refers to the shortening or tightening of muscle fibers, which is a separate physiological process that can be triggered by depolarization in muscle cells.
Depolarization at the motor end plate upon arrival of action potentials triggers the release of neurotransmitter acetylcholine into the synaptic cleft. This acetylcholine then binds to receptors on the muscle cell membrane, initiating muscle contraction by depolarizing the muscle cell membrane and allowing the action potential to propagate along the muscle fiber.
The binding of neurotransmitters to receptors on the muscle membrane triggers the opening of ion channels, allowing sodium ions to enter the muscle cell. This influx of sodium ions initiates an action potential, leading to muscle contraction.
The nerve impulse causes the release of acetylcholine from the motor end plate. This causes the depolarization of the membrane of the adjacent muscle cell. Depolarization triggers the release of calcium ions from the sarcoplasmic reticulum inside the muscle cell. In the presence of ATP, the high calcium level causes the myosin heads to bend, dragging actin filaments towards the middle of the unit of contraction.