What did Huxley and Hodgkin discover?
Nerve Impulses Propagation Mechanism
Gravitational Waves
Relativity Theory
Atomic Structure
Answer
Nerve impulses are transmitted through the nervous system by a wave of electrical activity. In 1952, Andrew Huxley and Alan Hodgkin, working with the squid giant axon, discovered that this electrical activity is caused by the movement of sodium and potassium ions across the membrane of the nerve cell.
Unraveling the Brilliance: The Andrew Huxley Quiz
Related Quizzes
Subscribe Now!
Learn something
new everyday
Playing quizzes is free! We send 1 quiz every week to your inbox