How are muscle cells similar to neurons Explain in terms of

How are muscle cells similar to neurons? Explain in terms of presence of resting membrane potentials, synapses, graded potentials, and action potentials.

Solution

Ans: Nerve and muscle cells have a huge amount in common (nucleus, mitochondria and other organelles), however the property that they share that other cells do not have is the ability to react to electrochemical stimuli.

That is to say that a nerve is capable of passing an electrochemical signal (an action potential) along its length to a synaptic gap (a gap between two nerves or a nerve and a muscle), and transmitting that potential to another cell. In your brain this means that a signal passing along one nerve can be transmitted across a gap to another nerve. This transmission is mediated by chemicals that nerves make called neurotransmitters.

Similarly when a nerve hits a muscle the action potential will jump across the gap between the nerve and muscle via neurotransmitters and will spread into the muscle and cause the muscle to contract.

They are both sensitive, that is, something (a nerve drive) can make them react right away with an undeniable reaction - either another drive or constriction, for neuron or muscle cell, individually. In both cases, the reaction is realized by depolarization of the cell layer, brought about by the connection of neurotransmitter atoms to their particular receptors on the cell film, and the following development of particles out of and/or into the cell.