Answer:
The correct answer is - the large cross-sectional area and greater length of the cytoplasmic core get less resistance than the smaller cross-sectional area.
Explanation:
The greater length and the large cross-sectional area of the cytoplasmic path or core get less resistance than the resistance of the current path which is the small cross-sectional area of axoplasm. This leads it to greater resistance than the resistance of the current path through the extracellular fluid.
Other than this there is also an unequal distribution of the ions that leads to the increase in potential difference as higher Na+ ions present in cytoplasm and high amount of K+ ion present in axoplasm.
Answer:
Protein B has a higher affinity for ligand C than protein A
Explanation:
Binding affinity is a measure of the strength of the bonds or interactions between a single biomolecule or receptor to its ligand. A ligand is usually a small molecule that binds to a specific receptor.
The receptor is usually a large molecule that contains a specific site for the binding of ligand.
Binding affinity is usually measured by the equilibrium dissociation constant (KD). The equilibrium dissociation constant KD is a ratio of the dissociation and the association of ligand to the receptor. The value of KD is used to evaluate and compare the strengths of bimolecular interactions. The larger the KD value, the more weakly the target molecule and ligand are attracted to and bind to one another.
The higher the dissociation constant (KD), the weaker the affinity is between the interacting molecules, whereas, the smaller the KD value, the greater the binding affinity of the ligand for its target.
Protein B has a KD value of 10⁻⁹ M while Protein A has a KD of 10⁻⁶ M.
Ration of KD of protein B to protein A = 10⁻⁹ M/10⁻⁶ M = 10⁻³
Therefore, protein B has a KD value which is 1000 times smaller than the KD of protein A.
Answer:
Motor neurons:
A. Function:
It relay messages coming from the brain or spinal cord to the muscles or organs.
B. Structure:
●Presence of long axons due to long distances the signals have to travel to the muscle its stimulating.
●It's myelinated, to assist the signal in travelling long distances as soon as possible.
Sensory neurons:
A. Function: its sensory receptors respond to stimuli by converting it into an electrical signal to the brain or spinal cord.
B. Structure:
●Presence of long dendrites / axons
● its myelinated
●since it's found in the middle of the neuron it forms ganglia that unites in the spinal cord and aid in involuntary reflexes.
Interneurons:
Structure:
● shorter than motor or sensory neurons
● has branches, a lot of branches consisting of axons and dendrites off the cell body to enable multiple simultaneous between neurons
● It's body is partially myelinated.
●occurs in large clusters of neurons to compensate for its partial myelination to speed up the signal
Answer:
ATP and NADPH are used to energy for the production of the Calvin cycle. Once their energy is released, they revert back to ADP and NADP+ and can be reused again.
Explanation:
ATP and NADPH are energy carriers that can be used to power chemical reactions. Once they have energized cellular processes, they become their 'low energy' form of ADP and NADP+. Later, they can reform ATP and NADPH to power more reactions
