Predict the effect of increasing a membrane's permeability to K+ on membrane potential.

What will be an ideal response?


K+ will diffuse out of the cell, causing a hyperpolarization.

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The anterior ramus of a typical spinal nerve innervates the

A. special senses. B. anterior and lateral trunk and the limbs. C. major thoracic and abdominal organs. D. abdominal wall. E. deep muscles of the back and the skin of the back.

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The osmotic pressure in the blood plasma pushes fluid out of the capillary

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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In communications theory, _____ refers to the view that exposure to the mass media makes people think that what they see there represents the mainstream of what really occurs.

A. agenda setting B. cultivation C. ethnocentrism D. social learning

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