If You Knew the Intracellular and Extracellular Concentrations of Several

question 180

Multiple Choice

If you knew the intracellular and extracellular concentrations of several ions in a liquid medium bathing cells, what else would you need to know to use the Goldman equation?

• A) The total number of cells
• B) The membrane permeability for each ion
• C) The leak current (due to leak channels) for K⁺
• D) The resting membrane potential
• E) The charge of each ion

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