Fundamentals of Sectional Anatomy: An Imaging Approach
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8. All of the following conditions would have same effect on muscles (flaccid
paralysis) as muscular dysgeny with a single exception. What is the exception?
A. Exposure to botulinum toxin, which blocks release of ACh at the NMJ.
B. Poisoning with atropine, an antagonist of muscarinic receptors
C. Poisoning with curare, an antagonist of nicotinic receptors
D. Myasthenia gravis, an autoimmune disease in which the nicotinic
receptors are
attacked by the immune system and cannot
function normally.
Transcribed Image Text:8. All of the following conditions would have same effect on muscles (flaccid paralysis) as muscular dysgeny with a single exception. What is the exception? A. Exposure to botulinum toxin, which blocks release of ACh at the NMJ. B. Poisoning with atropine, an antagonist of muscarinic receptors C. Poisoning with curare, an antagonist of nicotinic receptors D. Myasthenia gravis, an autoimmune disease in which the nicotinic receptors are attacked by the immune system and cannot function normally.
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