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An action potential (also known as a nerve impulse or "spike" when in a neuron) is a series of quick changes in voltage across a cell membrane. An action potential occurs when the membrane potential of a specific cell rapidly rises and falls. This "depolarization" (physically, a reversal of the polarization of the membrane) then causes adjacent locations…
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| Action potential | is a | first step in the chain of events leading to contraction | 0.90 | text |
| pancreatic beta cells | instance of | Certain endocrine cells | 0.80 | text |
| and certain cells of the anterior pituitary gland are also excitable cells.In neurons | instance of | Certain endocrine cells | 0.80 | text |
| action potentials play a central role in cell | instance of | Certain endocrine cells | 0.80 | text |
| receptor potentials | instance of | This all-or-nothing property of the action potential sets it apart from graded potentials | 0.80 | text |
| electrotonic potentials | instance of | This all-or-nothing property of the action potential sets it apart from graded potentials | 0.80 | text |
| subthreshold membrane potential oscillations | instance of | This all-or-nothing property of the action potential sets it apart from graded potentials | 0.80 | text |
| and synaptic potentials | instance of | This all-or-nothing property of the action potential sets it apart from graded potentials | 0.80 | text |
| which scale with the magnitude of the stimulus | instance of | This all-or-nothing property of the action potential sets it apart from graded potentials | 0.80 | text |
| pressure | instance of | an external signal | 0.80 | text |
| temperature | instance of | an external signal | 0.80 | text |
| light | instance of | an external signal | 0.80 | text |
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