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Select the answer option below that contains a set of responses before and after its consecutive forward slashes that, when inserted sequentially into the blanks of the following passage, accurately complete the text:

Because sodium and potassium ions are ____________ that have net ___________ charges and because the Na/K pumps considered in this analogy _______________, this explains why the pumps help to create/maintain a ___________________ resting membrane potential in the neuron.

Question 11 options:

anions / negative / remove more negative charge from than they add to the cell / positive

anions / negative / remove less negative charge from than they add to the cell / negative

cations / positive / remove more positive charge from than they add to the cell / negative

cations / positive / remove less positive charge from than they add to the cell / positive

anions / negative / remove more negative charge from than they add to the cell / positive

anions / negative / remove less negative charge from than they add to the cell / negative

cations / positive / remove more positive charge from than they add to the cell / negative

cations / positive / remove less positive charge from than they add to the cell / positive

Explanation / Answer

Answer is : C

Sodium and potasium forms Na+ and K+
So they are cation and they have positive charge
only 2K+ enters the membrane but 3Na+ comes out.
So they remove more positive charge than add it and hence negative resting membrane potential is craeted

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