When sodium ions flow into the axon
cytoplasm,
a. the membrane potential reverses.
b. the cytoplasm becomes more positively
charged.
c. the interstitial fluid becomes more
negatively charged.
d. an action potential is generated.
e. all of these things happen
E
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