Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Resting Membrane Potential
- Specific distribution of ions at rest
make the inside of the neuron
negative relative to the outside
- Electrical potential: measure of
stored power, or potential energy
- Created by a difference in charge across a membrane
- Created by an unequal distribution of ions
- Actively maintained by channels, gates &
pumps in plasma membrane to counter effects of diffusion and voltage gradients
- Large, negatively charged A- anions remains inside cell
- Ungated K+ channels allow K+ to move freely across membrane
- K+ is kept out
- Na+/K+ pumps bring K+ into cell
from extracellular fluid
- The pumps pass Na+ out of cell from
intracellular fluid