If Five Action Potentials Arrive at the Same Synapse in Very

question 148

Multiple Choice

If five action potentials arrive at the same synapse in very close succession, which of the following would occur?

• A) The direction of the action potential is reversed.
• B) Temporal summation occurs.
• C) Spatial summation occurs.
• D) Hyperpolarization occurs.
• E) Depolarization always occurs.

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Definitions:

Non-directional

Hypotheses that predict a relationship between variables without specifying the direction of the relationship.

Null Hypothesis

A statistical hypothesis that assumes no significant difference or effect exists.

Means

The average of a set of numbers, calculated by summing the numbers and then dividing by the count of those numbers, used to summarize data.

μ

Symbol representing the mean of a population in statistics.