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A 23 year old male patient demonstrating severe face and arm muscle spasms…
A 23 year old male patient demonstrating severe face and arm muscle spasms The patient can hardly speak, note the patient a fresh tattoo on his shoulder. Blood tests, confirms Clostridium tetani, The patient was never vaccinated against this bacterium. Clostridium tetani produces a toxin that affects neurons and their ability to release neurotransmitters.
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BACKGROUND
Physiology
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Neurons:
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Functional
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Motor: Carry impulses away from CNS to muscle, glands, organs
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Respirtory system; Gas exchange between, environment, lungs and body
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Inhibitory postsynaptic potentials: Charges that hyperpolarize membrane by potassium and chloride ions
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Anatomy
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Depolarize: Membrane Charge increases, more positive
Hyperpolarize: Membrane charges decreases, more negative
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