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When muscle stimuli occur at such a fast rate that twitches fuse and no relaxation occurs it is called?
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There are number of different types of tetanus:
Complete tetanus occurs when stimuli to a muscle are repeated so rapidly that decrease of tension between stimuli cannot be detected. However, it is not usually seen except in laboratory settings or due to an infection by a microbe producing the tetanus toxin.
Unfused tetanus occurs if the stimulus strength is held constant and the muscle is stimulated at an increasingly faster rate moving to a sustained but quivering contraction.
Incomplete tetanus is repeated stimulation of the muscle so that the muscle is never allowed to completely relax.
Fused tetanus happens when the stimulus rate is so high that no muscle relaxation takes place between stimuli. Under normal conditions, the maximum firing rate of motor neurons is less than that required for fused tetanus.
Your best answer is either just plain tetanus or perhaps incomplete tetanus.
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A sustained muscle contraction due to a lack of relaxation between successive stimuli is called?
tetanus
What is the difference between unfused tetanus and fused tetanus?
Unfused tetanus-"the relaxation time between successive twitches will get shorter as the strength of contraction increases in amplitude." On the other hand, Fused tetanus-"Smooth, sustained muscle contraction."
What muscle do animals have that humans do not have?
cutaneous trunci, the muscle that twitches the skin.
Does muscle relaxation does not require ATP?
Both muscle relaxation and muscle contraction require ATP.
How do you change this question into direct statement - can muscle relaxation help you?
muscle relaxation can help you!
Does all body cells exhibit irritability to some extent?
Muscle cells are irritable and respond to stimuli. Muscle twitch is defined as contraction and relaxation in the muscle cell. The stimulus needs to be above a certain threshold for the muscle fibres to react. The more the stimulus, the greater the strength of the contraction.
When the frequency of stimulation of a muscle is great enough?
wave summation results and muscle twitches overlap.
Muscle cells gland cells and specialized cells that respond to neural stimuli are called?
effectors
Is it true or false that all of the muscle fibers involved in a muscle contraction are performing individual muscle twitches?
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How relaxation in a skeletal muscle fiber occurs?
Relaxation of a skeletal muscle usually involves the Golgi tendon proprioceptors.
The relaxation technique that directly addresses muscle tension is?
progressive relaxation
Delayed relaxation of a muscle is called?
Myotonia is a delayed relation of a muscle after a strong relaxation or the inability to relax voluntary muscle after vigorous effort. It can affect any muscle group. Repeated effort will be needed to relax the muscle, although the condition usually improves after the muscles have warmed-up.
