The "Threshold" Potential of a Membrane Is the ________

question 49

Multiple Choice

The "threshold" potential of a membrane is the ________.

• A) lowest frequency of action potentials a neuron can produce
• B) minimum hyperpolarization needed to prevent the occurrence of action potentials
• C) minimum depolarization needed to operate the voltage-gated sodium and potassium channels
• D) peak amount of depolarization seen in an action potential

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Definitions:

Marginal Costs

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Marginal Productivity

The additional output that results from using one more unit of a specific factor of production, holding all other factors constant.

Marginal Cost Curve

A graphical representation showing how the cost of producing one more unit of a good changes as production levels vary.

Output

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