What Would Be the Result If the Administration of a Drug

question 39

Multiple Choice

What would be the result if the administration of a drug sequesters all the ATP in a cell?

• A)All cross-bridges will remain tightly bound to actin.
• B)Calcium will remain in the cytosol,continuously stimulating cross-bridge cycling.
• C)Repeated,high-frequency action potentials will be fired at a skeletal muscle fiber causing sustained contraction.
• D)Calcium-activated proteases degrade all proteins in skeletal muscle fibers,making muscles limp.
• E)A build-up of K⁺ in T-tubules will cause constant,tetanic contractions of skeletal muscles.

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