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Q: What happens when a neurons is at its resting potential?
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The resting membrane potential in neurons ranges from?

-60mV to -70mV


What is the inside charge of a nerve at its resting potentail?

Neurons have a resting membrane potential of approximately -70mV. Muscle cells have a resting membrane potential of approximately -90mV.


What is an unstimulated neuron?

It is a neuron that is at its resting potential, not stimulated by input from other neurons.


Does the sodium or potassium pump provide energy for neurons but does not affect resting membrane potential?

False


If a resting potential becomes more negative what happens to the cell?

When the membrane potential becomes more negative it is being hyperpolarized. Remember the resting membrane potential is already at a negative state (~70mV). So if you are making a comparison of a membrane potential that is hyperpolarized in comparison to a resting membrane potential, the resting membrane potential is said to be more depolarized.When the membrane potential becomes more positive it is called depolarization.


How is a stimulus transmitted across a synapse?

Neurons are responsible for transmitting a stimulus across a synapse. The electric potential of the neuron is sensitive to changes in the resting state and sets off electric transmissions.


Do all cells have a resting potential of -70mV?

No there is a range of resting potentials. For example retinal ganglion cells have a resting potential of -65 mV while the endocochlear potential is +80 mV.


What is a resting motor neuron expected to do?

exhibit a resting potential that is more negative than the "threshold" potential


A resting motor neuron is expected to?

exhibit a resting potential that is more negative than the "threshold" potential.


What is the value for the resting membrane potential for most neurons?

-200 to -18omV, if i am wrong, kindly post the corrected one


What about a cell's resting membrane potential is FALSE?

The resting membrane potential is maintained by solely by passive transport processes.


What is the charge on the inside membrane during the resting membrane potential?

The resting membrane potential of a typical neuron is around -65mV