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What is an “action potential”? It is:

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What is an “action potential”? It is:

  1. when the resting potential changes from −70 mV to +30 mV and then back again
  2. the name given to the difference in electrical charge between the inside and outside of the plasma membrane of a neurone.
  3. the name given to the stimulus that changes the resting potential from −70 to −50 mV.
  4. the voltage produced by a stimulus which causes a nerve impulse to be generated.
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waelhammad
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A: The action potential is the name given to the change in voltage of the inside of the cell from −70 to +30 and back to −70 mV again. This voltage change propagates along the axon. 

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