Select the correct statement about membrane permeability and ion potential
a. the concentration of potassium ions is the same extracellularly and intracellularly.
b. the concentration of potassium is higher extracellularly than intracellularly.
c. the concentration of sodium is higher extracellularly than intracellularly.
d. the membrane is more permeable to anions than to potassium.
e. the membrane is more permeable to sodium than to potassium.
C
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