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[Show more]PhospolipidsMost abundant membrane component Head contains negatively charged phosphate group (hydrophilic) Two nonpolar fatty acid tails (hydrophobic) Assemble into lipid bilayer with hydrophobic tails in the center and hydrophilic heads in contact with water Fluid - phospholipids held together by ...
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Excitable Cells Capable of undergoing transient, rapid changes in their membrane potentials (action potentials) Nerve cells (neurons) receive, process, initiate and transmit messages Muscle cells contract 
Polarization Charges are separated across the plasma membrane 
Depolarization Vm becomes less ...
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Add to cartExcitable Cells Capable of undergoing transient, rapid changes in their membrane potentials (action potentials) Nerve cells (neurons) receive, process, initiate and transmit messages Muscle cells contract 
Polarization Charges are separated across the plasma membrane 
Depolarization Vm becomes less ...
1. In the nervous system, the term membrane potential refers to the separation of charges across a biological membrane 
2. Resting membrane potential is attributable primarily to the presence of ____________ channels in the plasma membrane voltage-gated 
3. Calculate the equilibrium potential for po...
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Add to cart1. In the nervous system, the term membrane potential refers to the separation of charges across a biological membrane 
2. Resting membrane potential is attributable primarily to the presence of ____________ channels in the plasma membrane voltage-gated 
3. Calculate the equilibrium potential for po...
Characteristics of living things -Be able to reproduce -Have cells -Be able to respond to stimuli -Obtain energy -Evolve -Homeostasis 
What is physiology? The study of the processes or functions of organisms and how living things work 
Basics on levels of organization Molecules--> cells--> tis...
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Add to cartCharacteristics of living things -Be able to reproduce -Have cells -Be able to respond to stimuli -Obtain energy -Evolve -Homeostasis 
What is physiology? The study of the processes or functions of organisms and how living things work 
Basics on levels of organization Molecules--> cells--> tis...
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