Local potentials are decremental because they decrease in strength as they spread away from their point of origin.
They get weaker the farther they spread from the point of stimulation
| Front | What does it mean for local potentials to be decremental? |
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| Back | They get weaker the farther they spread from the point of stimulation |
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