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What process establishes the resting membrane potential?
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Anatomy & Physiology (6th Edition)
Ch. 3.1 - Summarize the four key points of the cell theory.Ch. 3.1 - How would you explain the meaning of a generalized...Ch. 3.2 - What basic structure do all cellular membranes...Ch. 3.2 - What is the importance of the glycocalyx in cell...Ch. 3.2 - Prob. 3CYUCh. 3.2 - Phospholipid tails can be saturated or unsaturated...Ch. 3.3 - What is the energy source for all types of...Ch. 3.3 - What determines the direction of any diffusion...Ch. 3.3 - What are the two types of facilitated diffusion...Ch. 3.4 - What happens when the Na+-K+ pump is...
Ch. 3.4 - As a cell grows, its plasma membrane expands. Does...Ch. 3.4 - Prob. 3CYUCh. 3.4 - Which vesicular transport process allows a cell to...Ch. 3.5 - What process establishes the resting membrane...Ch. 3.5 - Is the inside of the plasma membrane negative or...Ch. 3.6 - What term is used to indicate signaling chemicals...Ch. 3.7 - Which organelle is the major site of ATP...Ch. 3.7 - What are three organelles involved in protein...Ch. 3.7 - Compare the functions of lysosomes and...Ch. 3.7 - How are microtubules and microfilaments related...Ch. 3.7 - Prob. 21CYUCh. 3.8 - Prob. 22CYUCh. 3.9 - If a cell ejects or loses its nucleus, what is its...Ch. 3.9 - What is the role of nucleoli?Ch. 3.9 - What is the role of nucleoli?Ch. 3.10 - If one of the DNA strands being replicated reads...Ch. 3.10 - During what phase of the cell cycle is DNA...Ch. 3.10 - What are three events occurring in prophase that...Ch. 3.11 - Codons and anticodons are both three-base...Ch. 3.11 - How do the A, P, and E ribosomal sites differ...Ch. 3.11 - What is the role of DNA in transcription?Ch. 3.12 - What is the importance of ubiquitin in the life of...Ch. 3.12 - Prob. 2CYUCh. 3 - The smallest unit capable of life by itself is (a)...Ch. 3 - Prob. 2MCCh. 3 - Prob. 3MCCh. 3 - The term used to describe the type of solution in...Ch. 3 - Osmosis always involves (a) a selectively...Ch. 3 - Prob. 6MCCh. 3 - Prob. 7MCCh. 3 - The endocytotic process in which a sampling of...Ch. 3 - Prob. 9MCCh. 3 - The nuclear substance composed of histone proteins...Ch. 3 - The information sequence that determines the...Ch. 3 - Mutations may be caused by (a) X rays, (b) certain...Ch. 3 - The phase of mitosis during which centrioles each...Ch. 3 - Final preparations for cell division are made...Ch. 3 - The RNA synthesized on one of the DNA strands is...Ch. 3 - The RNA species that travels from the nucleus to...Ch. 3 - If DNA has a sequence of AAA, then a segment of...Ch. 3 - A nerve cell and a lymphocyte are presumed to...Ch. 3 - Prob. 19MCCh. 3 - Explain why mitosis can be thought of as cellular...Ch. 3 - Contrast the roles of ER-bound ribosomes with...Ch. 3 - Cells lining the trachea have whiplike motile...Ch. 3 - Name the three phases of interphase and describe...Ch. 3 - Comment on the role of the sodium-potassium pump...Ch. 3 - Differentiate between primary and secondary active...Ch. 3 - Cell division typically yields two daughter cells,...
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- Explain the Nature and Magnitude of the Resting Membrane Potential?arrow_forwardWhat effect does an increase or a decrease in extracellularK+ concentration have on resting membrane potential?arrow_forwardWhat properties of ion channels allow them to generate the large, rapid changes in membrane potential?arrow_forward
- What type of ion channel contributes to the restingmembrane potential? Describe the permeabilitycharacteristics of the plasma membrane.arrow_forwardWhy is the movement of ions across the plasma membrane important, and in which direction do ions move during each phase of the action potential?arrow_forwardThe resting membrane potential…A) Can be approximated using the Nernst equation.B) Is established by a difference in charges across the cell membrane, with the inside more positive than the outside.C) Has no influence on the driving force for flow of a particular ion across the cell membrane.D) Is more dependent on the passive flow of potassium vs. sodium ions through leak channels across the cell membrane.E) Stays the same during an action potential.arrow_forward
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