What Would Be Disrupted If the K⁺ Channels of an Excitable

question 28

Multiple Choice

What would be disrupted if the K⁺ channels of an excitable plasma membrane were blocked by the action of a drug?

• A) depolarization
• B) repolarization
• C) hyperpolarization
• D) hypopolarization

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