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  1. The resting membrane potential of skeletal muscle is about-90mV while in a typical neuron it is about -65 mV. Knowing whatthe resting membrane potential depends on, what activities might bedifferent in the muscle cell that could make its resting potentialmore negative than the neuron

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1. The plasma membrane of rod and cone cells are

a) At resting potential in the dark and deploarized in thelight

b) At resting pootential in the dark and hyperpolarized in thelight

c) Depolarized in the dark and hyperpolarized in the light

d) Hyperpolarized in the dark and at resting potential in thelight

e) Hyperpolarized in the dark and depolarized in the light

2. The equilibrium potential of K+ ions in nerve cells is about-90mV. The membrane potential of a typical nerve cells at rist is-70mV. Therfore

a) Increasing the permeability of a resting neuronal membrane toK+ ions will increase the membrane potential (that is, make it morenegative, inside with respcect to outside)

b) In nerve cells at rest, there is a net diffusion of K+ ionsout of the cell

c) Increasing the membrane potential of a nerve cell would slowthe diffusion of K+ ions out of it.

d) K+ is not the only ion that is permeable at rest

e) All of the above

3. Which of the following is responsible for the replarizingphase of the action potential?

a) Voltage-gated Na+ channels are opened.

b) The Na+-K+ pump restores the ions to theri original restingstate.

c) The permeability to Na+ increases greatly.

d) ATPase destroys the energy supply that was maintaining theaction potential at its peak.

e) The permeability to K+ increases greatly while that to Na+decreases

4. The Relative refractory period of an axonm conincides withthe period of

a) Activation and inactivatioin of voltage-gated Na+channels

b) Increased Na+ flux into the cell

c) Increased K+ flux into the cell

d) Increased K+ flux out of the cell

e) Increased Na+ flux out of the cell

5. The plasma membranes of rod and cone cells are

a) At resting potential in the dark and epolarized in thelight

b) At resting potential in the dark and hyperpolarized in thelight

c) Depolarized in the dark and hyperoplarized in the light

d) Hyperpolarized in the dark and tat resing potential in thelight

e) Hyperpolarized in the dark and depolarized in the light

An electrophysiologist is studying the electrical properties of an isolated squid neuron placed in normal extracellular fluid. She places a recording electrode inside the cell to record the potential difference across the membrane. She records a resting membrane potential of -70 mV.

A. Name three factors that contribute to this resting membrane potential and explain รขย€ยœhowรขย€ย they contribute to this negative value

She then applies an electric current across the membrane and records a slight change in the membrane potential. When she increases the current and stimulates the cell again, she notices a rapid reverse in the membrane potential to +30 mV followed by a drop in membrane potential to -75 mV before it returns to -70 mV. When she increases the current some more and stimulates the cell again, she records the same electrical pattern that is the same as what was obtained with the previous current that was applied.

B. What name can be given to the small change in membrane potential seen with the first electrical current applied?

C. Given the type of stimulus, what triggered this change in membrane potential?

D. What is the name given to the electrical pattern obtained with the next current used?

E. What allowed this stimulus to work but not the previous one?

F. Explain the type of feedback mechanism that occurs when this pattern was initiated.

G. Describe the cellular mechanisms that account for the rise and then fall in this electrical pattern

H. Why did the pattern remain the same when the highest stimulus was applied?

The research then changes the extracellular solution (making sure to keep the osmolarity the same) so the it contains double the concentration of Ca2+.

I. Would resting membrane potential change? Why /why not?

J. When she stimulated the cell with the highest current, would the shape of the electrical pattern change? Why / why not?

K. Would synaptic transmission change? Explain

2. Write a paragraph of 3-5 sentences answering the following questions. Your response should first answer the question and then go onto state physiological interpretation's behind your answer. Paragraphs that demonstrate complete and thorough reasoning will receive full points.

You discover a drug that prevents voltage-gated Na+ channel inactivation gates from opening when they are closed but has no effect on inactivation gates when they are open. What would happen to the action potential in a neuron exposed to this drug? Explain your answer. Assume the neuron is at resting membrane potential (e.g., -70 mV) at the time it is exposed to the drug.

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