What causes a nerve impulse to travel along the membrane?

What will be an ideal response?


The positive charge of an action potential spreads quickly to the next part of the axon, causing it to reach an action potential as well.

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Which of the following is a polyp?

a. sea anemone b. jellyfish c. earthworm d. clam e. more than one of these

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Please select the factors below that must be considered in managing a patient's antimicrobial drug therapy.

> Therapeutic index of the antimicrobial drug > Potential allergies or toxic reactions > Route of administration of the drug > Source of the drug > Cost of the drug > Patient compliance

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Which of the following is most likely to have a small protein called ubiquitin attached to it?

A) a cyclin protein, that usually acts in G1, in a cell that is in G2 B) a cell surface protein that requires transport from the ER C) an mRNA leaving the nucleus to be translated D) a regulatory protein that requires sugar residues to function properly E) an mRNA produced by an egg cell that will be retained until after fertilization

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