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velikii [3]
3 years ago
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Without sodium potassium pumps, what could happen to cells

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WITCHER [35]3 years ago
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Answers. Sodium/potassium pumps (Na/K ATPase) pump 3 Na out of the cell and 2 K into the cell. Without that, there would be relatively more ions in the cell. Therefore, the cell would swell up from osmosis. However, there is a basal efflux of K, (resting membrane potential), that would eventually equilibrate with the extracellular concentration.

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