Summary Nervous Coordination and Muscle Contraction
Complete summary of 3.6.2 Nervous Coordination and 3.6.3 Muscle Contraction in an information filled 3 A3 pages Fist page includes details on how action potentials are formed with diagrams explaining the process and an annotated graph to show the changes in potential difference, myelination vs no myelination, factors affecting how quickly an action potential can travel Second page includes a full overview of all synaptic transmission with a break down ( a common 5 or 6 mark exam question), details on summation to generate action potentials, effects of drugs on synaptic transmission, details of neuromuscular junctions, all with diagrams to aid learning Third page covers muscles in their entirety, details on structure of muscles including how actin and myosin overlap to form a myofibril, complete process of muscle contraction, comparison of slow and fast twitch muscle fibres and the role of phosphocreatine in muscle contraction
Document information
- Study Level
- A/AS Level
- Subject
- A Level Biology
- Uploaded on
- August 1, 2023
- Number of pages
- 3
- Written in
- 2022/2023
- Type
- Summary
