
In the resting cell, depicted in this figure, sodium is
A) too large to pass through any channels.
B) pushed into the cell by diffusion but out of the cell by electrostatic pressure.
C) pushed out of the cell by diffusion but into the cell by electrostatic pressure.
D) pushed into the cell by both diffusion and electrostatic pressure.
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