Practice question

Answer: D) Leak channels. For Action potential, once you lock onto the key mechanism or definition, Leak channels is the clear fit. If you restate the concept in your own words, excitable-cell physiology turns on membranes, ions, and signalling steps, and Leak channels captures the correct piece of that story. So Leak channels is the clean, accurate selection. If a similar stem appears later, start from the same core fact and you will land on the same kind of answer. In class notes, highlight this same phrase next to the related diagram so the wording and the picture reinforce each other.