Toxins Produced by Scorpions Cause Sodium Ion Channels to Become

question 61

Multiple Choice

Toxins produced by scorpions cause sodium ion channels to become stuck open.These toxins cause pain by:

• A)Depolarizing motor neurons
• B)Polarizing sensory neurons
• C)Polarizing motor neurons
• D)Polarizing interneurons
• E)Depolarizing sensory neurons

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Definitions:

Parent Cell

The cell that divides to give rise to daughter cells during cell division.

Chromosomes

Thread-like structures located inside the nucleus of animal and plant cells, made of protein and a single molecule of DNA.

Meiosis

A type of cell division that results in four daughter cells each with half the number of chromosomes of the parent cell, essential for sexual reproduction.

Alleles

Variants of a gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome.