Question 16

(Multiple Choice)

You measure levels of Ca2+ in various locations within a motor neuron and a skeletal muscle fiber when the motor neuron is NOT depolarized, and the muscle fiber is at rest. Where do you expect to find high levels of Ca2+?


A)in vesicles within the motor neuron
B)in the cytosol of the motor neuron terminus
C)in the synaptic cleft
D)within the sarcoplasmic reticulum of the muscle fiber

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