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resting

(Science: botany) From rest, Resting spore, a spore in certain orders of algae, which remains quiescent, retaining its vitality, for long periods of time.


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Blood Pressure in Males and Females

The blood pressure is typically measured at systole and diastole, so in that sense it doesn't really matter if your (resting) heart rate is bit faster, the point of measure is that one moment when your heart beats. The control of blood pressure is a sum of many factors and has much ...

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by biohazard
Wed Mar 04, 2009 6:57 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Blood Pressure in Males and Females
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A question on nerves

... came out in the 2004 biology A-level exams: Dinitrophenol is a metabolic poison that prevents the production of ATP. What will happen when a resting axon is treated with such a poison? A) the charge inside the axon membrane becomes more negative B) the charge outside the axon membrane becomes ...

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by anegligibleperson
Wed Feb 18, 2009 3:14 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: A question on nerves
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what's the different between rest and sleep?

can you rest without sleeping? can you sleep without resting?

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by mith
Wed Oct 15, 2008 3:42 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: what's the different between rest and sleep?
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Please help me to answer these questions

Well, I think, that repolarization, hyperpolarization and sodium-potassium pump plays an important role in restoring resting membrane potential. An for the second, it is a net summation fo both EPSPs and IPSPs at the axon hillock that will determine of the neuron will be depolarized ...

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by Vangeek
Sun Sep 28, 2008 5:46 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Please help me to answer these questions
Replies: 4
Views: 1047

Please help me to answer these questions

Please help me to answer this questions: 1.Explain how the axonal resting membrane potentials is restored following action potential depolarization and describe how resting ionic distributions are maintained? 2. What factors determine if action potentials ...

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by Vangeek
Sat Sep 27, 2008 11:29 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Please help me to answer these questions
Replies: 4
Views: 1047
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