Predict what would happen to a neuron's resting membrane potential if the number of sodium ion channels increased. the membrane potential would become more positive. the membrane potential would remain the same due to the activity of the sodium-potassium pump. the membrane potential would become more negative. the membrane potential would become slightly more negative.

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Tobias Khan

28 November, 05:18

Predict what would happen to a neuron's resting membrane potential if the number of sodium ion channels increased. the membrane potential would become more positive. the membrane potential would remain the same due to the activity of the sodium-potassium pump. the membrane potential would become more negative. the membrane potential would become slightly more negative.

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Marilyn Chavez · Answer 1

The answer is the membrane potential would remain the same due to the activity of the sodium-potassium pump. When a nerve or muscle cell is at "rest", its membrane prospective is called the resting membrane potential. In a representative neuron, this is about - 70 millivolts (mV). The minus sign specifies that the confidential of the cell is negative with respect to the neighboring extracellular fluid.