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Card 6

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What are excitable membranes?

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Card 7

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What is the membrane potential of a neuron at rest?

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Card 8

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What happens when a membrane becomes depolarised?

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Card 9

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What happens after Na channels open?

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Card 10

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What happens after the influx of Na+?

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Card 11

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How does an action potential occur?

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Card 12

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What is the 'all-or-nothing' principle?

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Card 13

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What causes the absolute refractory period?

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