Which factors determine the resting membrane potential? Explain why the resting membrane potential is never really the value calculate by the Nernst equation for the potassium equilibrium potential.

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  1. Which factors determine the resting membrane potential? Explain why the resting membrane potential is never really the value calculate by the Nernst equation for the potassium equilibrium potential.

 

 

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