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Cherrie_Lan wrote:Uh, is it corticotropin-releasing hormone? I hope Google isn't wrong

proopimelanocortin

Cherrie_Lan wrote:What is the name of the disease that affects mostly children, which is caused by an infection of the middle ear?

Otitis media due to inflammation of the Eustachian tube.

bhavjain wrote:Which structure of the eye produces rheum, or gound?

medial caruncle (i think...)

mangothecat wrote:

bhavjain wrote:Which structure of the eye produces rheum, or gound?

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medial caruncle (i think...)

mangothecat wrote:Choose the correct answers:
In the dark, cGMP gated cation channels of a photoreceptor are (1)[open/closed], causing the photoreceptor to (2)[depolarize/hyperpolarize]. This causes (3) [Ca++/Na+] channels to (4) [open/close] at the synaptic terminal of the photoreceptor. Neurotransmitter (5) [is/is not] released into the synaptic cleft, causing (6) [IPSPs/EPSPs] in the bipolar cell, and thus (7) [depolarizing/hyperpolarizing] the bipolar cell. At the synaptic terminal of the bipolar cell, voltage gated (8)[Ca++/Na+] channels (9)[open/close], and neurotransmitter (10)[is/is not] released into the synaptic cleft. As a result, EPSPs (11)[are/are not] generated in the ganglion cell, and an action potential (12)[does/does not] propagate along the optic nerve.
Aaaah hope I'm not too confusing

open, depolarize, Ca++, open, is, IPSPs, hyperpolarizing, Ca++, close, is not, are not, does not

bhavjain wrote:

mangothecat wrote:Choose the correct answers:
In the dark, cGMP gated cation channels of a photoreceptor are (1)[open/closed], causing the photoreceptor to (2)[depolarize/hyperpolarize]. This causes (3) [Ca++/Na+] channels to (4) [open/close] at the synaptic terminal of the photoreceptor. Neurotransmitter (5) [is/is not] released into the synaptic cleft, causing (6) [IPSPs/EPSPs] in the bipolar cell, and thus (7) [depolarizing/hyperpolarizing] the bipolar cell. At the synaptic terminal of the bipolar cell, voltage gated (8)[Ca++/Na+] channels (9)[open/close], and neurotransmitter (10)[is/is not] released into the synaptic cleft. As a result, EPSPs (11)[are/are not] generated in the ganglion cell, and an action potential (12)[does/does not] propagate along the optic nerve.
Aaaah hope I'm not too confusing

Fun question!

Answer (Click to Show Hidden Text)

open, depolarize, Ca++, open, is, IPSPs, hyperpolarizing, Ca++, close, is not, are not, does not

Hopefully I got those right