(2 pts.) What is your name?______________________________
(2 pts.) Draw a crude sketch
of a cell membrane, with lots of Na+ ions on the outside, and
very few inside.
(3 pts.) Which direction
would the Na+ions flow, given the chance? Please explain
your answer.
(3 pts.) What type of process
keeps the Na+ ions
mainly outside the cell?
Link to Lecture notes for 28 January,
1998
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