Match Each Term with Its Description

question 248

Multiple Choice

Match each term with its description.
-threshold potential

• A)electrical potential difference across a plasma membrane
• B)subthreshold change in membrane potential toward the threshold potential of a neuron
• C)membrane potential of an excitable membrane when it is not being stimulated
• D)subthreshold change in membrane potential away from the threshold potential of a neuron
• E)abrupt, transient change in membrane potential, consisting of membrane depolarization followed by repolarization
• F)minimum membrane potential required to form an action potential
• G)any subthreshold change in membrane potential whose effects are additive

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