Species Outside (mM) Inside (mM) Permeability (m/s) Na+ 440 50 2x10-10 K+ 20 400 2x10-8 Cl- 560 50 4x10-8 The giant squid axon has a diameter of 100μm, a membrane thickness of...

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Species

Outside (mM)

Inside (mM)

Permeability (m/s)

Na+

440

50

2x10-10

K+

20

400

2x10-8

Cl-

560

50

4x10-8

The giant squid axon has a diameter of 100μm, a membranethickness of 7.5nm, and a specific membrane capacity of 1μF/cm2.Draw a schematic of the axon, local charge distributions, andindicate the electric field vector across the membrane at rest.Calculate the magnitude of the electric field across themembrane.

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