What Will Most Affect the Speed of an Action Potential

question 62

Multiple Choice

 What will most affect the speed of an action potential?

• A) The strength of the stimulus
• B) The time since the last action potential
• C) The length of the axon
• D) The resistance of the membrane

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Definitions:

UCR

Uniform Crime Reporting; a statistical program designed to collect and analyze data on crime reported to law enforcement agencies in the United States.

UCS

Stands for Unconditioned Stimulus in classical conditioning, an event that elicits a natural, reflexive response.

CR

In classical conditioning, the conditioned response is the learned reaction to a conditioned stimulus.

CS

Conditioned Stimulus, a previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with an unconditioned stimulus, eventually comes to trigger a conditioned response in classical conditioning.