Ion Kt + Na CI™ K Na+ CI Kt Nat CI™ Kt + Na CI Relative Permeability 10 1 10 1 10 Concentration (mm) Intracellular Extracellular Squid Axon with elevated extracellular [K*] 10 105 10 Squid Axon 400 50 50 10 1 10 400 50 50 Squid Axon with increased Na* conductance 10 20 440 560 400 50 50 Mammalian Neuron 140 10 10 90 440 560 20 440 560 5 145 110 Membrane Potential

Q: Na+, K+, and Ca2+ curr

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Q: Discuss the Nature and Magnitude of the Resting Membrane Potential?

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Q: Explain the conditions that give rise to the resting membrane potential.

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Q: List the two forces that make up the electrochemical gradient may in some cases oppose each other?

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Q: The resting membrane potential is a negative value because of:

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Q: List the Forces influencing sodium and potassium ions at the resting membrane potential?

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Q: What is the resting membrane potential? What three factors create the resting membrane potential?

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Q: Explain the processes that can change the restingmembrane potential.

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Q: What happens to the membrane potential when Na+/K+ pump is active?

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Cell Signaling

It allows cells to perform various cellular activities, coordinate, and interact with other cells. All cells of an organism receive signals from their environments and respond accordingly. Even the unicellular eukaryotes receive signals secreted by other cells and respond. In the case of yeast, mating takes place by signaling between the yeast cells. Communication by cell signaling in a multicellular organism has become a vast and important part of various fields of biology.