Action Potentials Are Related to Impulses Conducted Along an Axon

question 20

Multiple Choice

Action potentials are related to impulses conducted along an axon in that

• A) many impulses are required to cause one action potential.
• B) active transport of Na⁺ and K⁺ are required for impulse conduction but not for an action potential.
• C) impulses are stronger responses than are action potentials.
• D) propagation of a series of action potentials along a nerve cell fiber constitutes an impulse.