Calcium is unique among metals because its ions have a very large concentration gradient across the plasma membrane of all cells, from 10 â3 M Ca 2+ outside, to 10 â7 M Ca 2+ inside.
Originally Posted by Quinne. I think it has a lot to do with motives.... What I learned through studying Alcohol & other Drug work is that in counselling terms, a lapse is a hiccup and a relapse is full-blown return to old behaviours, as well as active addiction.
Learner's definition of LAPSE. [count] 1. a : an occurrence in which you fail to think or act in the usual or proper way for a brief time and make a mistake. He blamed the error on a minor mental lapse. As he grew older he began to have memory lapses. [=times when he forgot things that he should have remembered]