- nerve fiber action potential
- an action potential recorded from a single nerve fiber; see also compound nerve action p.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
nerve fiber action potential
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action potential — n a momentary reversal in the potential difference across a plasma membrane (as of a nerve cell or muscle fiber) that occurs when a cell has been activated by a stimulus called also spike potential compare RESTING POTENTIAL see afterpotential … Medical dictionary
compound nerve action potential — a group of almost synchronous nerve fiber action potentials from the trunk of a motor, sensory, or mixed nerve: they are usually evoked by nerve stimulation and are recorded as a multipeaked summated action potential … Medical dictionary
Action potential — In physiology, an action potential is a short lasting event in which the electrical membrane potential of a cell rapidly rises and falls, following a consistent trajectory. Action potentials occur in several types of animal cells, called… … Wikipedia
action potential — Physiol. the change in electrical potential that occurs between the inside and outside of a nerve or muscle fiber when it is stimulated, serving to transmit nerve signals. Cf. nerve impulse. [1925 30] * * * Brief (about one thousandth of a… … Universalium
action potential — ac′tion poten tial n. phl the change in electrical potential that occurs between the inside and outside of a nerve or muscle fiber when it is stimulated, serving to transmit nerve signals Compare nerve impulse … From formal English to slang
action potential — noun Date: 1926 a momentary reversal in electrical potential across a plasma membrane (as of a nerve cell or muscle fiber) that occurs when a cell has been activated by a stimulus … New Collegiate Dictionary
action potential — noun A short term change in the electrical potential that travels along a cell such as a nerve or muscle fiber … Wiktionary
Group C nerve fiber — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = C fiber not labeled, but substantia gelatinosa of Rolando is Rexed lamina II, labeled at upper left. Caption2 = Precursor = System = Artery = Vein = Nerve = Lymph =… … Wikipedia
Quantitative models of the action potential — In neurophysiology, several mathematical models of the action potential have been developed, which fall into two basic types. The first type seeks to model the experimental data quantitatively, i.e., to reproduce the measurements of current and… … Wikipedia
nerve potential — nerve action potential 1. compound nerve action p. 2. nerve fiber action p … Medical dictionary
