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Exercise 3: Neurophysiology of Nerve Impulses: Activity 1: The Resting Membrane Potential Lab Report
Pre-lab Quiz Results
You scored 100% by answering 4 out of 4 questions correctly.
1. What is the approximate concentration of K+ inside a typical cell (intracellular concentration)?
You correctly answered: a. 150 mM
2. What is the approximate concentration of K+ outside a cell (extracellular concentration)?
You correctly answered: b. 5 mM
3. What is the approximate concentration of Na+ inside a cell (intracellular concentration)?
You correctly answered: b. 5 mM
4. What is the approximate concentration of Na+ outside a cell (extracellular concentration)?
You correctly answered: a. 150 mM
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Experiment Results
Predict Question:
Predict Question: Predict what will happen to the resting membrane potential if the extracellular K+ concentration is
increased.
Your answer : b. The resting membrane potential will become less negative.
Stop & Think Questions:
What is the polarity of the resting membrane potential (voltage)?
You correctly answered: b. negative
What does it mean that the voltage just inside the membrane is negative?
You correctly answered: b. There are more negative charges than positive charges just inside the membrane.
The membrane of most cells, including neurons, contains passive, open,
K+ leak channels. Given the normal K+ concentrations and the resultant concentration gradient, which direction would K+
be expected to move (diffuse) through these leak channels?
You correctly answered: b. out of the cell
What effect does increasing extracellular K+ have on the net diffusion of K+ out of the cell?
You correctly answered: b. It decreases the net diffusion of K+ .
Which way would Na+ move across the membrane if there were open Na+ channels?
You correctly answered: a. Na+ would diffuse into the cell.
The membrane has open K+ channels, and changing extracellular K+ concentration results in a change in membrane
potential. Changing the extracellular Na+ concentration does not significantly change the membrane potential. What do
your results suggest about the number or state (open or closed) of Na+ channels in the resting membrane of a neuron?
You correctly answered: b. Na+ channels are mostly closed.
Experiment Data:
Extracellular Fluid (ECF)
Control
Control
Control
Control
High K+
High K+
High K+
High K+
Low Na+
Low Na+
Low Na+
Low Na+
Microelectrode Position
Cell body extracellular
Cell body intracellular
Axon extracellular
Axon intracellular
Axon intracellular
Axon extracellular
Axon extracellular
Axon intracellular
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Voltage (mV)
0
-70
0
-70
-40
0
0
-40
-72
0
0
-72
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Post-lab Quiz Results

You scored 100% by answering 3 out of 3 questions correctly.
1. A negative membrane potential was recorded when the tip of the microelectrode was
You correctly answered: d. both inside the cell body and inside the axon.
2. Which of the following caused a change in membrane potential from -70 to -40 in the cell body?
You correctly answered: a. an increase in extracellular K+
3. Which of the following has the most negative voltage?
You correctly answered: c. between the inside of the axon and the outside of the axon with control K+ ECF
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Review Sheet Results

1. Explain why increasing extracellular K+ reduces the net diffusion of K+ out of the neuron through the K+ leak
channels.
Your answer:
Increasing extracellular k+ makes difference of k+ concentration less steeper. So less k+ diffuse out of the neuron.
2. Explain why increasing extracellular K+ causes the membrane potential to change to a less negative value. How well
did the results compare with your prediction?
Your answer:
Less k+ diffuse out of the neuron. So more k+ remains in the neuron in comparing to control. As a result it makes a less
negative value.
3. Explain why a change in extracellular Na+ did not significantly alter the membrane potential in the resting neuron?
Your answer:
Because almost all of Na+ channels were closed, most of Na+ did not diffused into the neuron. So there was no significant
change in membrane potential.
4. Discuss the relative permeability of the membrane to Na+ and K+ in a resting neuron.
Your answer:
K+ diffuse from high gradient to low gradient because most most of k+ channel is opend. Otherwise Na+ does not show
outstanding movement.
5. Discuss how a change in Na+ or K+ conductance would affect the resting membrane potential.
Your answer:
When conductance of k+ increased, membrane potential becomes more negative. When conductance of k+ decreased,
membrane potential becomes less negative..
In Na+ it works in the other way.
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