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Chapter 11, Problem 3MC
Summary Introduction
To determine:
The type of current flows through the axolemma during the steep phase of repolarization are:
(a) Chiefly a sodium current
(b) Chiefly a potassium current
(c) Sodium and potassium currents of approximately the same magnitude
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