Seasonal Comparison of Active V/S Passive Electrical Characteristics of Skeletal Muscle Fiber Membranes of the Reptile, Uromastix Hardwickii

The skeletal muscle membranes of these reptiles are found to exhibit membrane potentials, as being permeable to Na+, K+ and Cl– [4-7]. These muscle cell membrane electrical potentials/ characteristics have been divided into active and passive categories; the passive electrical characteristics show some thermal dependency in different species of the animals [8,9]. As the, passive electrical properties are important in determining the excitability of muscle fibers [8].