When Several EPSPs Arrive at the Axon Hillock from Different

question 31

Multiple Choice

When several EPSPs arrive at the axon hillock from different dendritic locations, depolarizing the postsynaptic cell to threshold for an action potential, this is an example of

• A) temporal summation.
• B) spatial summation.
• C) tetanus.
• D) the refractory state.
• E) an action potential with an abnormally high peak of depolarization.

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