Increasing the concentration of sodium ions on the outside of the membrane (for example, increasing sodium outside from 130 to 200 mM)
A) does not change the sodium ion equilibrium potential.
B) makes the sodium ion equilibrium potential more negative.
C) makes the sodium ion equilibrium potential more positive.
D) changes the mean open time of sodium channels.
E) changes the electrostatic charges within the pore of the channel.
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Q31: If the sodium ion concentration is 130
Q33: What governs the movement of ions through
Q34: The equilibrium potential depends on
A) the open
Q35: At the equilibrium potential
A) the concentration gradient
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