Which of the following would tend to decrease plasma potassium concentration by causing a shift of potassium from the extracellular fluid into the cells?

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#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

Which of the following is best described as an elongated, encapsulated receptor found in the dermal pegs of glabrous skin and is especially abundant on lips and fingertips?

#Question id: 11496

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

Forced rapid breathing results in alkalization of the blood which would lead to which of the following changes in neuronal activity?

#Question id: 11495

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

In a neuron with a resting membrane potential of −65mV, the distribution of which ion across the neuronal membrane represents the greatest potential electromotive force (EMF)?

#Question id: 11226

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

At the neuromuscular junction, the neurotransmitter acetylcholine (ACh) is degraded by acetylcholinesterase. If a neurophysiologist applies the naturally occurring acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, onchidal (produced by the mollusc Onchidella binneyi), to a synapse, what would you expect to happen?

#Question id: 11225

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

What happens if twice as many inhibitory postsynaptic potentials (IPSPs) as excitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSPs) arrive in close proximity at a postsynaptic neuron?

#Question id: 11224

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

How could you increase the magnitude of excitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSPs) generated at a synapse?