Which Statement About Receptor Potentials Is False

question 94

Multiple Choice

Which statement about receptor potentials is false?

• A) Receptor potentials are graded membrane potentials.
• B) In order to signal over long distances, receptor potentials must generate action potentials.
• C) Receptor potentials can generate action potentials by releasing neurotransmitters that prompt a postsynaptic neuron to generate action potentials.
• D) A receptor potential is a change in membrane potential of a receptor cell in response to a stimulus.
• E) Receptor potentials cannot trigger action potentials in the receptor cell itself.

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Definitions:

Electrochemical Communication

The process of transmitting messages between neurons through electrical and chemical signals.

Nervous System

The body’s electrochemical communication circuitry.

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