To an insurance company, an insurable interest is the basic reason for issuing a legal insurance cover, to an insured (or beneficiary) it gives the legal right to enforce an insurance claim.
The change in membrane potential occurring in nerve, muscle, or other excitable tissue when excitation occurs. action potential. A momentary change in electrical potential on the surface of a neuron or muscle cell. Nerve impulses are action potentials.
An action potential is part of the process that occurs during the firing of a neuron. During the action potential, part of the neural membrane opens to allow positively charged ions inside the cell and negatively charged ions out. This process causes a rapid increase in the positive charge of the nerve fiber.