You are studying a cross-sectional tissue slice of a nerve using a transmission electron microscope. You find an area where there appears to be a small amount of cytoplasm surrounded by about 100 layers of stacked cell membranes. You conclude that you have found a neuron cell body. a synapse. O an unmyelinated axon.

Imagine a neuron that is currently receiving signals from dozens of pre-synaptic neurons. Despite that, this neuron never reaches threshold. How is that possible.

Two scientists calculated the membrane potential of a neuron using two different equations, the Nernst equation and the Goldman equation. Their calculations gave them slightly different predictions. What is the most likely reason for this difference? The lipid compositions of the cell membranes that the scientists studied were different. The scientists placed their measuring electrodes in slightly different positions. The temperatures of the fluid surrounding the cell membranes were different. The numbers of ions considered in the calculations were different. The scientists measured different numbers of cells.

What force(s) act(s) to move potassium ions from the inside of the cell to the outside when a neuron is about to enter the hyperpolarization phase of an action potential? O a) The sodium-potassium pump Ob) The electrical (electrostatic) gradient only Oc) The concentration (chemical) gradient only d) Both the concentration (chemical) gradient and the electrical (electrostatic) gradient