During rapid depolarization of a ventricular contractile cell, the voltage-gated sodium channels close when the membrane potential reaches approximately

A) -90 mV.
B) -30 mV.
C) 0 mV.
D) +30 mV.
E) +90 mV.


D) +30 mV.

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