An electrical charge or membrane potential exists across nerve cell membranes because:

a. the membrane is permeable to sodium ions
b. the cell membrane allows more positively charged ions to leak out than to leak in
c. the membrane is impermeable to all ions
d. water can slow freely across the membrane


Answer: b. the cell membrane allows more positively charged ions to leak out than to leak in

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