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

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Chapter 12 - Nervous Tissue - Figure 12.20 - Page 421: 1

Answer

Yes.

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Absent voltage-gated K+ channels, the K+ leak channels would still leak K+ ions out of the cell at a faster rate than Na+ ions could enter. Some normally functioning myelinated mammalian axons have only a few voltage-gated K+ channels. Nevertheless, those axons still repolarize following the generation of axon potentials. This is a case in point.
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