The “overshoot” of the action potential means
A) The membrane potential mom entarily becomes m ore negative than EK
B) The membrane potential mom entarily becomes more positive than ENa
C) Em momentarily becomes positive
D) Em becomes m ore positive than ECl
E) For a brief moment Em is not described by the chord conductance equation
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Q1: Repolarization of the nerve during the action
Q2: Opening of the Na+ activation gates in
Q4: A cell has a resting membrane potential
Q5: In most cells, Increasing gK would cause
A)
Q6: Closing of the K+ at the end
Q7: Opening of the inactivation gate of the
Q8: The Em for a cell is -70
Q9: At rest, the Na channel
A) Activation gates
Q10: In the Hodgkin-Huxley explanation of the action
Q11: Depolarization refers to
A) Making the membrane potential
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