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An action potential has just sped down one of your efferent neurons to jerk your hand off the hot stove. Before an action potential will speed through this neuron again, the membrane of the neuron must become repolarized. The time between the action potentials is called the ____ period.
 
  a. refractory
  b. polarization
  c. self-propagating
  d. repolarization

Question 2

Multiple sclerosis is a disease in which the immune system mistakenly destroys
 
  a. synapses
  b. axons
  c. dendrites
  d. mitochondria


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Reply #1 on: Jun 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANSWER:
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Answer to Question 2

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Reply 2 on: Jun 19, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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