The Characteristic That Allows Muscles to Have a Slow, Smooth

question 39

Multiple Choice

The characteristic that allows muscles to have a slow, smooth, sustained contraction is

• A) the all-or-none response.
• B) temporal summation.
• C) recruitment of motor units.
• D) anaerobic respiration.
• E) rigor mortis.

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