Photoreceptors

question 48

Multiple Choice

 Photoreceptors

• A) are hyperpolarized in the dark and depolarized by light.
• B) are depolarized in the dark and hyperpolarized by light.
• C) produce action potentials in response to being in the dark.
• D) experience no refractory periods in response to light.

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