Ground-Glass Nodules: If Growing, Assume Cancer. Blair Westerly, MD. The more CT scans that are performed, the more ground-glass opacities (GGOâs) are seen and what to do with these abnormalities can be difficult to ascertain for clinicians.
the process of reversing the charge across a cell membrane (usually a NEURON), so causing an ACTION POTENTIAL. In depolarization, the inside of the membrane, which is normally negatively charged, becomes positive and the outside negative.
In the depolarized state, the inside of the cell becomes the positive pole and the outside of the cell becomes the negative pole. The increase in membrane potential created between the inside and the outside of the cell during depolarization is called the action potential. Once a cell is excited (depolarized), it can excite adjacent cells and pass on its action potential, spreading depolarization to more and more cells.