Why Does an Action Potential Only Reach a Particular Value

question 82

Multiple Choice

Why does an action potential only reach a particular value?

• A) Potassium channels close
• B) Sodium channels close
• C) Excitatory postsynaptic potentials cease
• D) Sodium-potassium pump activity resumes

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Definitions:

Diminishing Returns

The principle stating that as one factor of production is increased while others are held constant, a point will eventually be reached where additions of the factor yield progressively smaller increases in output.

Value Added

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Marginal Product

The increase in output resulting from a one-unit increase in the amount of a single input used, keeping all other inputs constant.

Premium

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