MEDICAL PHYSIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -When a neuron is not actively transmitting a nerve impulse, it is in a resting state, ready to transmit a nerve impulse. During the resting state, the sodium-potassium pump maintains a difference in charge across the cell membrane of the neuron.

Detailed explanation-2: -When a neuron is not conducting electrical impulses, a process called an action potential, the neuron is said to be in the resting membrane potential state. In a neuron that is in the resting membrane potential state, the inside of the neuron is more negative than the extracellular environment.

Detailed explanation-3: -What happens when a neuron is at rest? In the resting state, there is no signal passing through the neuron. However, even in this state, the neuron is electrically active. Because of how ions are moving across the cell membrane, the inside of the neuron is more negative than the fluid that surrounds it.

Detailed explanation-4: -A neuron that is not conducting an action potential is at its resting potential.

Detailed explanation-5: -Resting potential refers to a state of the neuron where it holds more negatively charged ions inside its membrane; hence, a neural impulse is not fired and is on a resting form.