Assume a Physiologist Has Inserted a Microelectrode at the Arrow

question 75

Multiple Choice

Assume a physiologist has inserted a microelectrode at the arrow tip in the preceding diagram. When the neuron is at rest, the voltage recorded at the arrow tip will be __________.

• A) zero millivolts (mV)
• B) -70 mV
• C) +50 mV
• D) negative, neutral, or positive depending on what kind of neuron it is

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Definitions:

Normally Distributed

A type of distribution in which the data points are symmetrically distributed around the mean, forming a bell-shaped curve.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or variability within a set of numerical data, indicating how much individual data points differ from the mean.

Mean

The mean of a set of numbers obtained by summing them up and then dividing by the total number of values.

Normally Distributed

Refers to data that fall in a bell curve pattern centered around the mean, used to describe a distribution in statistics.