Question 11 / 124:  spontaneous depolarization
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(also, prepotential depolarization) the mechanism that accounts for the autorhythmic property of

cardiac muscle; the membrane potential increases as sodium ions diffuse through the always-open sodium

ion channels and causes the electrical potential to rise

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