Graded Muscle Contractions

question 19

Multiple Choice

Graded muscle contractions .

• A) depend on increasing frequency of nerve action potentials to each motor unit
• B) represent increasing amounts of force generated by a muscle
• C) depend on activation of more and more motor units
• D) all of the above

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