BIOM 3200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Neuroglia, Peripheral Nervous System, Myelin

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A relative state of constancy in an internal environment maintained by negative feedback loops. Consistent amount of salt and glucose in the body. The amount of blood in our bodies is always about 5 liters. The osmolarity of our blood remains about 300mosm. The normal physiological variable is called a set point. It is the membrane potential of a real cell that is not producing impulses. A real resting cell is more permeable to. K+ than to na+ but is not completely impermeable to na+. The resting membrane potential is slightly less negative than the ek which means there will also be a slight outward diffusion of k+. These leakages are countered by the constant activity of the na+/k+ pump. Actual value depends on the ratio of the concentrations of each ion on the two sides of the plasma membrane and the specific permeability of the membrane to each different ion.

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