Principles of Anatomy and Physiology 14e with Atlas of the Skeleton Set (14th Edition)

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Chapter 12 - Nervous Tissue - Figure 12.14 - Page 416: 1

Answer

A change in membrane potential from -70 mV to -60mV is a depolarizing graded potential. In the change from -70 mV to -60- mV the membrane potential has grown less negative, that is, the neuron has become less polarized..

Work Step by Step

A membrane potential of -60 mV is closer to threshold (-55 mV) than is -70 mV. At -60 mV it is easier for the membrane to generate an action potential (AP).
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