Question 1

(Multiple Choice)

Compare the leakage rates of sodium and potassium into and out of a neuron at rest.How is the relationship between these rates best described?


A)Leakage of sodium ions out of the neuron is greater than leakage of potassium ions into the neuron.
B)Leakage of sodium ions into the neuron is greater than leakage of potassium ions out of the neuron.
C)Leakage of potassium ions out of the neuron is greater than leakage of sodium ions into the neuron.
D)Leakage of potassium ions into the neuron is greater than leakage of sodium ions out of the neuron.
E)Leakage of potassium ions out of the neuron is equivalent to leakage of sodium ions into the neuron.

Answer

C