Transient Local Changes in the Resting Potential of a Cell

question 34

Short Answer

Transient local changes in the resting potential of a cell are called graded potentials because they can vary in size. In a phenomenon known as ________, many incoming signals produce progressively larger graded potentials in a cell - larger than any single impulse would produce alone.

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Definitions:

Independent Variables

Factors in a study or simulation that are adjusted or classified to assess their impact on outcome measures.

Significance Level

A threshold within which the results of a statistical test are deemed statistically significant, often denoted as alpha (α), with common values like 0.05 or 0.01.

Critical Value

A location within the test distribution measured against the test statistic to determine the rejection of the null hypothesis.

Regression Slope Coefficient

A measure in regression analysis that quantifies the change in the dependent variable for a one unit change in an independent variable.