During synaptic transmission, neurotransmitters help to open gates on the postsynaptic skeletal muscle cell. When those gates open, what passes through them to trigger an action potential in the skeletal muscle cell? sodium     potassium     calcium     acetylcholine

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During synaptic transmission, neurotransmitters help to open gates on the postsynaptic skeletal muscle cell. When those gates open, what passes through them to trigger an action potential in the skeletal muscle cell?

sodium

   

potassium

   

calcium

   

acetylcholine

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