If You Experimentally Increase the Concentration of K⁺ Inside a Cell

question 16

Multiple Choice

If you experimentally increase the concentration of K⁺ inside a cell while maintaining other ion concentrations as they were,what would happen to the cell's membrane potential?

• A)The membrane potential would become more negative.
• B)The membrane potential would become less negative.
• C)The membrane potential would remain the same.

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