The "all or nothing event" refers to the fact that

a. nerve cells are continually in an action potential.
b. action potentials occur completely or not at all.
c. synaptic transmissions occur completely or not at all.
d. all the neurons in the brain fire or none of them fire.


ANSWER: b

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