What is the purpose of the sodium-potassium pump

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Questions:

1. Summarize the three concepts that are important in establishing a transmembrane potential.

2. Explain how chemical and electrical forces act across the cell membrane.

3. What two ions have the greatest effect on a cell's resting potential? Why?

4. What is the purpose of the sodium-potassium pump? What would happen if it stopped working?

5. What are the different types of ion channels found in the cell membrane?

6. Define the following terms: graded potential, depolarization, repolarization, hyperpolarization.

7. What are the steps involved in the generation of an action potential?

8. What is saltatory propagation?

9. What's the relationship between axon diameter and propagation speed?

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