Compared to the outside surface, the inside of a resting cell membrane is

A) electrically neutral.
B) continuously reversing its electrical charge.
C) negatively charged.
D) positively charged whenever the sodium-potassium pump is active.
E) positively charged.


C) negatively charged.

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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