UNFIGURE 14.1.
FIGURE 14.1. The positively charged potassium ion cannot cross the lipid bilayer,
but passes easily through a water-filled tube in a potassium channel.
FIGURE 14.2. The resting voltage of (A) glial and (B) nerve cells.
FIGURE 14.3. A nerve cell from the retina viewed with its nutritive capillaries. Red
blood cells are an example of cells whose membrane voltage varies little, while
nerve cells are specialized to transmit electrical signals over long distances. Image
by Professor David Becker, University College London; used with permission.
FIGURE 14.4. Chloride is close to equilibrium across most plasma membranes.
UNFIGURE 14.2.
UNFIGURE 14.3.
FIGURE 14.5. The glucose carrier and the sodium/calcium exchanger are
sometimes open to the cytosol and sometimes open to the extracellular
medium.
FIGURE 14.6. Action of the sodium/calcium exchanger.
UNFIGURE 14.4.
FIGURE 14.7. The calcium ATPase undergoes a cycle of phosphorylation and
dephosphorylation. These drive shape changes that in turn push calcium ions out of
the cell.
FIGURE 14.8. Action of the calcium ATPase.
FIGURE 14.9. The connections of a pain receptor nerve cell.
FIGURE 14.10. One type of pain receptor has a distal terminal in the skin and is
connected to the central nervous system by a myelinated nerve fiber.
FIGURE 14.11. Electrical events in a pain receptor nerve cell.
FIGURE 14.12. The voltage-gated sodium channel.
UNFIGURE 14.5.
FIGURE 14.13. Frequency coding in the nervous system.
UNFIGURE 14.6.