Many cells in the human body maintain an electric potential difference across their cellular membranes, typically through the use ion-specific pumps andchannels that generate an excess of negative charges on the inside of the cellular membrane and an excess of positive charges on the outside. Let usestimate the total energy stored in the human body by this type of charge separation. Different cells types maintain different membrane potentials, but as an approximation, let us assume that all cells in the body maintain a -40 mV potentialacross its 7 nm thick cellular membrane, and that this bi-lipid cellular membrane acts as a dielectric with a dielectric constant of K = 9. The thickness ofthe membrane is 1000-times smaller than the 16-micrometer diameter of our model cell, so we can reasonably approximate it as being (locally) flat andtreat the membrane as as a parallel-plate capacitor with an plate area equal to the surface area of the cell. Based on these estimates and approximations,calculate the total energy stored in the human body by charge separation across the cellular membranes. What does your answer imply about the howenergy is stored in the human body?Please enter a numerical answer below. Accepted formats are numbers or "e" based scientific notation e.g. 0.23, -2, 1e6, 5.23e-8Enter answer hereJoules

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Many cells in the human body maintain an electric potential difference across their cellular membranes, typically through the use ion-specific pumps and channels that generate an excess of negative charges on the inside of the cellular membrane and an excess of positive charges on the outside. Let us estimate the total energy stored in the human body by this type of charge separation.

Many cells in the human body maintain an electric potential difference across their cellular membranes, typically through the use ion-specific pumps and channels that generate an excess of negative charges on the inside of the cellular membrane and an excess of positive charges on the outside. Let us estimate the total energy stored in the human body by this type of charge separation.

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Chapter4: Energy And Metabolism

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