The na/k pump helps a muscle cell maintain a state of?
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resting potential
Na+/K+-ATPase
The na/k pump helps a muscle cell maintain a state of?
Na+/K+-ATPase Repolarization Resting potential Depolarization Calcium in biology Smooth muscle Calcium pump Cardiac action potential Steady state (biochemistry) Action potential
Na⁺/K⁺-<b>ATPase</b> is an enzyme (an electrogenic transmembrane <b>ATPase</b>) found 
in the ... -<b>ATPase helps maintain</b> resting potential, affects transport, and regulates 
cellular volume. It also ... of the <b>pump</b>, reverting it to its previous conformational 
<b>state</b>, transporting the K <sup>+</sup> ... release from the <b>muscle cells</b>&#39; sarcoplasmic 
reticulum. In neuroscience, repolarization refers to the change in membrane potential that 
returns it to a ... At these low voltages, all of the voltage gated <b>K</b><sup>+</sup> channels close, 
and the <b>cell</b> returns to resting potential within a few milliseconds. ... Another type 
of <b>K</b><sup>+</sup> channel that <b>helps</b> to mediate repolarization in the human atria is the SK&nbsp;... -<b>ATPase</b>, as well as effects of diffusion of the involved ions, are major 
mechanisms to <b>maintain</b> the resting potential across the membranes of animal 
<b>cells</b>. The&nbsp;... In biology, depolarization (British English: Depolarisation) is a change within a 
<b>cell</b>, during ... Most <b>cells</b> in higher organisms <b>maintain</b> an internal environment 
that is ... <b>The sodium potassium pump</b> is largely responsible for the optimization 
of ... to a neuron that is easier to depolarize than the same neuron in the resting 
<b>state</b>. Calcium ions (Ca<sup>2+</sup>) contribute to the physiology and biochemistry of organisms 
cell. They play an important role in signal transduction pathways, where they act 
as a second messenger, in neurotransmitter release from neurons, in contraction 
of all <b>muscle cell</b> types, ... In addition, the plasma membrane Ca <b>ATPase</b> (PMCA) 
obtains energy to&nbsp;... Smooth muscle is an involuntary non-striated muscle. It is divided into two 
subgroups; the single-unit (unitary) and multiunit smooth muscle. Within single-
unit cells, the whole bundle or sheet contracts as a syncytium. Smooth <b>muscle</b> 
<b>cells</b> are found in the walls of hollow organs, including the ... Also, all three of 
these proteins may have a role in inhibiting <b>the ATPase</b>&nbsp;... To <b>maintain</b> low concentrations of free Ca<sup>2+</sup> in the cytosol, <b>cells</b> use membrane 
<b>pumps</b> like calcium <b>ATPase</b> found in the membranes of sarcoplasmic reticulum&nbsp;... The cardiac action potential is a brief change in voltage (membrane potential) 
across the cell ... Unlike the action potential in skeletal <b>muscle cells</b>, the cardiac 
action ... sodium (Na) and potassium (K) ions are <b>maintained</b> by <b>the sodium-</b>
<b>potassium pump</b> ... throughout phase 4, which <b>helps</b> to set the resting membrane 
potential. In cardiac <b>muscle</b>, ATP is used to actively transport sodium ions out of the <b>cell</b> 
through a membrane <b>ATPase</b>. Electrical excitation of the <b>cell</b> results in an influx of
&nbsp;... In physiology, an action potential occurs when the membrane potential of a 
specific cell ... In <b>muscle cells</b>, for example, an action potential is the first step in 
the chain of ... <b>maintain</b> a voltage difference between the exterior and interior of 
the cell, ... pumped out again by the continuous action of <b>the sodium–potassium</b> 
<b>pump</b>,&nbsp;...
resting potential
Na+/K+-ATPase