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When a nerve cell (neuron) or muscle cell react, they do so by a process called depolarization. Before depolarization, the inside of the cell is slightly negative and the outside is slightly positive. During depolarization, sodium ions rush into the cell while potassium channels leak out. This reverses the original polarization and now the cell is said to be depolarized. The sodium/potassium pump helps reverse this back to its original polarized state so the cell can react again.

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