01-16-2006, 04:13 AM
You give a patient a drug that causes intracellular sodium, [Na+]i, in ventricular cells to increase. Which of the following statements regarding this condition is correct?
A. The drug has stimulated the Na-K pump in ventricular cells.
B. The rate of Ca2+ efflux from ventricular cells via Na-Ca exchange will increase.
C. Intracellular Ca2+ will increase in ventricular cells.
D. The inwardly directed sodium concentration gradient in ventricular cells will be increased
explain plz.
A. The drug has stimulated the Na-K pump in ventricular cells.
B. The rate of Ca2+ efflux from ventricular cells via Na-Ca exchange will increase.
C. Intracellular Ca2+ will increase in ventricular cells.
D. The inwardly directed sodium concentration gradient in ventricular cells will be increased
explain plz.