A. Why small children (generally before and around the stage of toddlers) tend to fall, while later on they will develop improved mobility. Briefly explain this limited mobility in their early years in terms of the formation and maturation of the different components of the nervous system structures.B. How does a typical skeletal muscle and a typical neuron behave differently when they get depolarized? If you block the achetalcholine receptors on the plasma membrane of these two types of cells, what would be the effect on the response of each of these two cell types? why.

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A. Why small children (generally before and around the stage of toddlers) tend to fall, while later on they will develop improved mobility. Briefly explain this limited mobility in their early years in terms of the formation and maturation of the different components of the nervous system structures.

A. Why small children (generally before and around the stage of toddlers) tend to fall, while later on they will develop improved mobility. Briefly explain this limited mobility in their early years in terms of the formation and maturation of the different components of the nervous system structures.

Human Physiology: From Cells to Systems (MindTap Course List)

9th Edition

ISBN:9781285866932

Author:Lauralee Sherwood

Publisher:Lauralee Sherwood

Chapter4: Principles Of Neural And Hormonal Communication

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1SQE: Answer the following questions regarding conduction of action potentials using the velocities given...

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