Atropine is ordered for a patient who has been exposed to nerve gas. When preparing to give the medication, the nurse would select which site for the injection? Place an "X" on the site above.
Definitions:
Inhibitory Postsynaptic Potential
A type of synaptic potential that makes a postsynaptic neuron less likely to generate an action potential, effectively decreasing neuronal activity.
Temporal Summation
Summation of the local potential that results when two or more action potentials arrive at a single synapse in rapid succession.
Action Potentials
Electrical impulses that travel along the membrane of a neuron signaling the cell to perform its function.
Synapse
The junction between two nerve cells, where electrical signals are transmitted from one neuron to another.
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