11. Sodium, chloride, and potassium ions are involved in setting up voltages across neuronal membranes. a. Describe the equilibrium potential and resting membrane potential in your own words. How would you find the equilibrium potential of sodium? What else would you have to consider to find the resting membrane potential? b. How does the membrane potential change in response to opening selectively permeable chloride channels (assuming Ec is more negative than Vrest)? C. How does the membrane potential change in response to opening selectively permeable sodium channels instead (assuming Ena is more positive than Vrest)? d. Describe a situation in which chloride ions can result in the same change in membrane potential as the sodium ions in the question above.

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11. Sodium, chloride, and potassium ions are involved in setting up voltages across neuronal
membranes.
a. Describe the equilibrium potential and resting membrane potential in your own words.
How would you find the equilibrium potential of sodium? What else would you have to
consider to find the resting membrane potential?
b. How does the membrane potential change in response to opening selectively permeable
chloride channels (assuming Ec is more negative than Vrest)?
C. How does the membrane potential change in response to opening selectively permeable
sodium channels instead (assuming Ena is more positive than Vrest)?
d. Describe a situation in which chloride ions can result in the same change in membrane
potential as the sodium ions in the question above.
Transcribed Image Text:11. Sodium, chloride, and potassium ions are involved in setting up voltages across neuronal membranes. a. Describe the equilibrium potential and resting membrane potential in your own words. How would you find the equilibrium potential of sodium? What else would you have to consider to find the resting membrane potential? b. How does the membrane potential change in response to opening selectively permeable chloride channels (assuming Ec is more negative than Vrest)? C. How does the membrane potential change in response to opening selectively permeable sodium channels instead (assuming Ena is more positive than Vrest)? d. Describe a situation in which chloride ions can result in the same change in membrane potential as the sodium ions in the question above.
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