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lucigrace

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Action potential question.. in Communication option

did anyone else absolutly love the action potential question?? in the communication option..
. man im soo glad i spent that time to actually make sure i understood it, and what do u know.. it was actually in the exam i was actually able to answer it when everyone else just was like wat the..!!
 
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Action potential relates to the change in electrical charge by the movement/diffusion of ions, and how an 'response' is triggered.
 

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bscienceboi said:
Action potential relates to the change in electrical charge by the movement/diffusion of ions, and how an 'response' is triggered.
omg, you're scaring me now >.> !!
 

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yay I thought that question was okay but I didn't write a page or so. LOL


This is what I wrote:

Depolarisation must reach a threshold (minimum stimulus required to generate response in the nerve cell) which is at least 50 mV more than the resting potential of -70 mV. No action potential if depolarisation is below this level . Therefore not all stimuli generate an action potential.
 

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falltopieces said:
Depolarisation must reach a threshold (minimum stimulus required to generate response in the nerve cell) which is at least 50 mV more than the resting potential of -70 mV. No action potential if depolarisation is below this level . Therefore not all stimuli generate an action potential.
That sounds right
 

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SHIT!!! I forgot that question! I saw it in my 5 mins and knew the answer, but I didn't do the last questions after the 7 marker... DAMMIT!! I walked out, with an hour to spare!
 

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Oso said:
SHIT!!! I forgot that question! I saw it in my 5 mins and knew the answer, but I didn't do the last questions after the 7 marker... DAMMIT!! I walked out, with an hour to spare!
You should NEVER walk out of an exam until time is up. Never.

I don't care how many times you have to review your answers, never do that.
 

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bscienceboi said:
You should NEVER walk out of an exam until time is up. Never.

I don't care how many times you have to review your answers, never do that.
...Yeah I'll have to remeber that for my chem phys and SDD tests then... I just can't believe that's SEVEN marks down the drain!
 

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Ohh! Communications!! Sorry, My bad!! ^^''
 
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