Electric Potentials

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What is electrical potential?

The difference in the concentration of charged particles between two points, measured as voltage.

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What is electrical current?

The flow of charged particles from one point to another.

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3

What does it mean when something is polarized?

It has an electrical potential (a charge difference across a membrane).

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What is resting membrane potential (RMP)?

The charge difference across the plasma membrane of a cell at rest.

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What is the resting membrane potential (RMP) of neurons?

-70 mV.

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What does the -70 mV resting membrane potential mean?

The inside of the neuron is more negative than the outside.

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