When K⁺ Ions Diffuse Out of a Resting Neuron Through

question 99

Multiple Choice

When K⁺ ions diffuse out of a resting neuron through open potassium leak channels and leave behind unbalanced negative charges that create a negative membrane potential, that pulls K⁺ back into the neuron.The membrane potential at which the diffusion of K⁺ out of the cell is balanced by the pull of K⁺ into the cell is called the potassium

• A) Nernst equilibrium.
• B) ion potential.
• C) electrochemical gradient.
• D) equilibrium potential.
• E) leak current (through leak channel).

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