Is the resting membrane potential the bases of conduction in nerves and muscle fibers and the presecutors of contraction in muscles?

Q: What is the resting membrane potential, and what is responsible for generating it?

A: The imbalance in a voltage differential between the internal and the external of a cell membrane is…

Q: Read the following statements (a) The resting nerve membrane is freely permeable to Na*, K* ions and…

A: B and C

Q: What is Action Potential Mechanism?

A: Biochemistry is a branch of science that deals with the study of chemical processes related to the…

Q: What condition is required for a specific ion to contribute to resting membrane potential?

A: Membrane potential is the difference between the electric potential on two sides of the membrane i.e…

Q: Why is Excitation Contraction Coupling important?

A: Muscles contraction  The contraction of muscle activated by the tension generating sites present in…

Q: excitatory and 15 inhibitory postsynaptic potentials appear simultaneously on the plasmatic membrane…

A: EPSP is the excitatory postsynaptic potential. This is the graded potential whose function is to…

Q: What is resting membrane potential close to and why?

A: A resting neuron contains a difference in ion concentration where the inside is more negative than…

Q: The specialized post-synaptic portion of a neuromuscular junction is called a pick one: motor…

A: Individual motor units, each of which contains a single motor neuron and all the muscle fibers it…

Q: What does summation mean when we talk of postsynaptic potentials? When is summation non-linear?

A: Introduction  Postsynaptic potentials are those that usually occur as a result of alterations near…

Q: *When dynamic y-motor neurons are activated at the same time as a-motor neurons to muscle,

A: When dynamic y—motor neurons are activated at the same time as a—motor neurons to muscle, a prompt…

Q: What is action potential?

A: Action potential is the short term change in the electric potential on the cell’s surface in…

Q: List the series of events at the membrane that generate an action potential, including the…

A: The objective of the question is to understand the sequence of events that occur at the membrane to…

Q: Identify the stages involved during the changes in membrane potential of the neuron represented in…

A: Nervous system is an important system which helps in maintaining the homeostasis of the human body.…

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

A: Resting Membrane Potential is generated by the movement of ions across the membranes and ions an be…

Q: What kind of graded potential describes a change in membrane potential from  70 to  60 mV? From  70…

A: The membrane potential is the difference between the two electric potentials the interior and the…

Q: Describe in detail the function for  three  type of potentials seen in neurons  and  describe in…

A: Cells of the nervous system are called neurons, that are seen to communicate with each other in…

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

A: Neurons are the important brain cells that generate electric signals by the changes in the cell…

Q: How do leak channels contribute to resting membrane potential?

A: The nerve impulse is an electrical signal that travels along the neuron. The charged particles…

Q: Which factors in the establishment of the membrane potential are considered in the Nernst equation?…

A: Resting membrane potential is defined as the electrical potential difference across the cell…

Q: Discuss the following statement: “The basal lam-ina of muscle fibers serves as a molecular bulletin…

A: Muscle fibres are the contractile cells which are present in the muscles. These are responsible for…

Q: What are THREE major functional characteristics of the voltage-gate Na+-channels and how do these…

A: Voltage gated sodium Ion channels are integral membrane proteins, present in the cell membrane of…

Q: If sodium and potassium ions are both positively charged, what causes the negative membrane…

A: Resting membrane potential is defined as the difference in the electric potential across the plasma…

Q: What is the typical resting membrane potential of a neuron?

A: When a cell is not excited, its resting membrane potential is known as the electrical potential…

Q: Describe the sequence of activation of ion channels leading to action potential propagation.

A: The action potential is produced in a nerve or muscle when it is stimulated. It is the method of…