What Is Primarily Responsible for the Development of a Resting

question 40

Multiple Choice

What is primarily responsible for the development of a resting membrane potential?

• A) having more diffusion and active transport of cations out of the cell than into the cell
• B) pumping 2 K⁺ ions out of the cell for every three Na⁺ ions pumped into the cell
• C) having more K⁺ ions diffuse into the cell than there are Na⁺ ions diffusing out of the cell
• D) having more anions diffuse into the cell than are diffusing out of the cell
• E) none of these

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