Occurs when acetylcholine (ACh) accumulates in the neuromuscular junction.
It is called a tetanic contraction.
A Muscle Tone .
tetanic contraction.
muscle tone
muscle tone
unfused (incomplete) tetanus
a oscillating circuit
By stimulating alternating motor units at a time.
tetanus
Smooth sustained contraction due to rapid stimuli refers to a sustained muscle contraction that occurs in response to a series of quick, successive stimuli without a complete relaxation phase between them. This phenomenon, often seen in smooth muscle tissue, results in a prolonged state of contraction, allowing for functions such as vasoconstriction or peristalsis in the digestive tract. The rapid stimuli lead to an accumulation of calcium ions within the muscle cells, enhancing the contractile response. This type of contraction is essential for maintaining continuous muscle tone and function in various physiological processes.
Skeletal muscle twitch is a single, brief contraction and relaxation cycle, whereas a tetanic contraction involves sustained, rapid repeated contractions without relaxation in between. Tetanic contractions occur when the muscle is stimulated at a high frequency, leading to a fused contraction.
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...
extracellular fluid surrounding the fibers