What is the electrode measuring?
The electrode is measuring the membrane potential.
Why use leeches in neurophysiology experiments?
Leeches have large neurons that are easier to work with and they are just leeches.
What is the difference between a sensory and a motor neuron?
Motor Neurons receive impulses from CNS, and Sensory Neurons send impulses to the CNS.
Do you think a leech experiences pain? What is pain?
They should feel a sensation of some kind, but it is unknown at what level. Pain can be felt only with a conscious mind I feel.
What were the two most interesting things about doing this lab?
The level of science that we have gone to with regards to how it builds on one experiment after another, second the electrical stimulation of chemicals in the neurons is pretty cool.
Anything you found confusing or didn't like about the lab?
There wasn’t anything confusing just how different it might be in real life, not in the digital world.
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