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An action potential in the nerve fibre is produced when positive and negative charges on the outside and the inside of the axon membrane are reversed because

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more potassium ions enter the axon as compared to sodium ions leaving it

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more sodium ions enter the axon as compared to potassium ions leaving it

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all potassium ions leave the axon

D

all sodium ions enter the axon

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