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unfused (incomplete) tetanus
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A maximal sustained muscle contraction is called a?
Tetanus
What is a sustained muscle contraction?
Occurs when acetylcholine (ACh) accumulates in the neuromuscular junction. It is called a tetanic contraction.
A sustained muscle contraction due to a lack of relaxation between successive stimuli is called?
tetanus
An example of partial but sustained contraction is?
A Muscle Tone .
An example of a partial but sustained contraction would be?
muscle tone
An example of a partial but sustained contraction would be what?
muscle tone
Constant contraction of a muscle is?
constant contraction of a muscle is called the muscle tone
What employs a parallel after discharge circuit to produce sustained muscle contraction?
a oscillating circuit
How does skeletal muscle stimulation produce a sustained contraction?
By stimulating alternating motor units at a time.
What would occur if the uptake of calcium ions was blocked in the sarcoplasmic reticulum?
Sustained muscle contraction.
Some muscle fibers always contracted?
Summation and/or tetanic contraction. Summation is increased muscle contraction until maximal sustained contraction is achieved. Tetanic contraction is sustained muscle contraction without relaxation. If you're inquiring for the Learning Objective Review in an anatomy and physiology course, the question refers to a condition in which some fibers are always contracted... so I'm not sure if they're looking for summation or tetanic contraction - but I think it would be tetanic contraction as summation is more the process leading up to the tetanic contraction...
The combining of a series of twitches to produce a sustained contraction is called?
summation
