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How does the sodium-potassium pump make the interior of the cell negatively charged?a. by expelling anionsb. by pulling in anionsc. by expelling more cations than are taken ind. by taking in and expelling an equal number of cations
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How does the sodium-potassium pump make the interior of the cell negatively charged? a. by expelling anions b. by pulling in anions c. by expelling more cations than it takes in d. By taking in and expelling an equal number of cations.
How does the sodium-potassium pump contribute to the net negative charge of the interior of the cell? a. The sodium-potassium pump forces out three (positive) $\mathrm{Na}^{+}$ ions for every two (positive) $\mathrm{K}^{+}$ ions it pumps in, thus the cell loses a net positive charge of one at every cycle of the pump. b. The sodium-potassium pump expels three ions $\mathrm{K}^{+}$ for every two $\mathrm{Na}^{+}$ inside the cells, creating a net positive charge outside the cell and a net negative charge inside the cell. c. The sodium-potassium pump helps the development of negative charge inside the cell by making the membrane more permeable to negatively charged proteins. d. The sodium-potassium pump helps in the development of negative charge inside the cell by making the membrane impermeable to positively charged ions.
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