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In resting state, all body cells exhibit a resting membrane potential that typically ranges from -50 to -100 millivolts, depending on cell type. For this reason , all cells are said to be polarized.

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What physiological properties are exhibited by the nerve?

Nerves can conduct electrical impulses, known as action potentials, to transmit signals. They have a resting membrane potential, which is maintained through ion channels. Nerves also exhibit excitability, meaning they can respond to stimuli.


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What is the difference between a compound action potential and a single action potential?

Single action potentials follow the "all or none" rule. That is, if a stimulus is strong enough to depolarize the membrane of the neuron to threshold (~55mV), then an action potential will be fired. Each stimulus that reaches threshold will produce an action potential that is equal in magnitude to every other action potential for the neuron. Compound action potentials do not exhibit this property since they are a bundle of neurons and have different magnitudes of AP's. Thus compound action potentials are graded. That is, the greater the stimulus, the greater the action potential.


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A resting motor neuron is expected to?

exhibit a resting potential that is more negative than the "threshold" potential.


What is a resting motor neuron expected to do?

exhibit a resting potential that is more negative than the "threshold" potential


Do certain types of crystals exhibit interesting patterns when with plane-polarized light?

yes, they do.


When does a neuron exhibit resting potential?

The human nervous system consists of billions of nerve cells (or neurons)plus supporting (neuroglial) cells. Neurons are able to respond to stimuli (such as touch, sound, light, and so on), conduct impulses, and communicate with each other (and with other types of cells like muscle cells). Neurons can respond to stimuli and conduct impulses because a membrane potential is established across the cell membrane. In other words, there is an unequal distribution of ions (charged atoms) on the two sides of a nerve cell membrane. The membranes of all nerve cells have a potential difference across them, with the cell interior negative with respect to the exterior (a). In neurons, stimuli can alter this potential difference by opening sodium channels in the membrane. For example, neurotransmitters interact specifically with sodium channels (or gates). So sodium ions flow into the cell, reducing the voltage across the membrane. Once the potential difference reaches a threshold voltage, the reduced voltage causes hundreds of sodium gates in that region of the membrane to open briefly. Sodium ions flood into the cell, completely depolarizing the membrane (b). This opens more voltage-gated ion channels in the adjacent membrane, and so a wave of depolarization courses along the cell - the action potential. As the action potential nears its peak, the sodium gates close, and potassium gates open, allowing ions to flow out of the cell to restore the normal potential of the membrane. Membranes are polarized or, in other words, exhibit a RESTING MEMBRANE POTENTIAL. This means that there is an unequal distribution of ions (atoms with a positive or negative charge) on the two sides of the nerve cell membrane. This POTENTIAL generally measures about 70 millivolts (with the INSIDE of the membrane negative with respect to the outside). So, the RESTING MEMBRANE POTENTIAL is expressed as -70 mV, and the minus means that the inside is negative relative to (or compared to) the outside. It is called a RESTING potential because it occurs when a membrane is not being stimulated or conducting impulses (in other words, it's resting). Source : Internet.


Is a cells resting state -50 to about 50 millivolts?

No, a cell's resting membrane potential is typically around -70 millivolts. This negative charge inside the cell is maintained by the sodium-potassium pump, which pumps sodium out and potassium in, creating a voltage difference across the cell membrane.


What physiological properties are exhibited by the nerve?

Nerves can conduct electrical impulses, known as action potentials, to transmit signals. They have a resting membrane potential, which is maintained through ion channels. Nerves also exhibit excitability, meaning they can respond to stimuli.


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