The control of gastric acid secretion in response to a meal involves several events that take place over a 4- or 5-hr period following the meal. These events include

(1) a decrease in the pH of the gastric contents,

(2) an increase in the rate of acid secretion,

(3) a decrease in the rate of acid secretion, and

(4) an increase in the pH of the gastric contents. Which of the following best describes

the correct temporal order of events over a 4- or 5-hr period following a meal?

#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?

#Question id: 11223

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

Of those listed, which event occurs first following a depolarizing stimulus applied to the presynaptic membrane of an axon terminal?

#Question id: 11222

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

A chemical that affects neuronal function but is not stored in presynaptic vesicles is ________.

#Question id: 11221

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

The heart rate of a vertebrate will decrease in response to the arrival of ________.