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Action Potential & Graded Potentials

Dr. Matt and Dr. Mike's Medical Podcast

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Floating in a Sea of Salt

Cells are potassium bags. That's what I call them. Floating in a sea of salt because actually for outside this sodium and chloride that it's floating in. But if you were somehow able to get access to the intracellular, so within the cell fluid, then you would find the opposite. Right. High amounts of potassium, which is almost the same as sodium outside the cell. And reverse. So most sodium out, most potassium in both positive.

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