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Q: What does depolarize and repolarize mean?
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What is the correct order that information passes through in a neuron?

The flow of information across nerve cells is called a nerve impulse in which the axons of the cell must depolarize, repolarize and go through a refractory period before reaching the resting potential. At this point, another impulse can occur.


The stage of the heart cycle in which the heart muscle contacts and the chambers pump blood?

The sinoatrial node depolarizes the atria and causes them to contract which tops up the ventricles with blood, the signal then moves through the atrioventricular node and then the atrioventricular bundle and into the purkinje fibres which causes the ventricles to depolarize and contract sending blood from the right ventricle to the lungs and from the left ventricle. The Atria repolarizes at the same time as the ventricles depolarize and then a fraction of a second later the ventricles repolarize and the cycle begins again.


When does a QRS complex occurs?

When ventricles depolarize


Does a neuron depolarize or hyperpolarize while you sleep?

Hyperpolarize


What do node cells of the heart depolarize?

purkinje fibers


Does Valium depolarize or hyperpolarize a cell?

Yes it has a depolarizing effect.


The ventricles should depolarize in?

less than 0.08 seconds


Is the left ventricle the first to depolarize?

No, the right ventricle is first to depolarize, that is if you're talking about ventricular depolarization (the QRS complex). If not, then it's the right atrium (atrial depolarization, P wave).


Proteins unwind or what when placed in extreme pH or temperature conditions?

depolarize


Involves the influx of negative ions to depolarize the membrane?

Action Potential


Are action potential and local potential reversible?

Under normal circumstances action potential will proceed unilaterally. An action potential cannot proceed down an axon and depolarize in the reverse direction on the same axon. It must carry information on one axon in one direction and then on another axon in a separate direction. In a lab you can depolarize neurons in the middle of an axon and it will depolarize bilaterally.


What causes the ability of cardiac cells to spontaneously depolarize without being stimulated by a nerve?

Automaticity