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.
As an action potential travels down the axon, there is a change in polarity across the membrane. The Na + and K + gated ion channels open and close as the membrane reaches the threshold potential, in response to a signal from another neuron.At the beginning of the action potential, the Na + channels open and Na + moves into the axon, causing depolarization.he course of the action potential can be divided into five parts: the rising phase, the peak phase, the falling phase, the undershoot phase, and the refractory period. During the rising phase the membrane potential depolarizes (becomes more positive). The point at which depolarization stops is called the peak phase.