PHYSIOLOGY
SLIDING FILAMENT MODEL
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Question
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An Action Potential in the muscular system is essentially ____ (select 2)
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a sequence of events of chemicals communicating with other chemicals to trigger a muscle contraction.
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the biochemical communication between a motor neuron and the muscle it controls.
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the denaturation of Acetylcholine to relax a muscle and stop a contraction.
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the contraction of muscles shortly after death due to the unavailability of ATP and excess of Calcium.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -An action potential is defined as a sudden, fast, transitory, and propagating change of the resting membrane potential. Only neurons and muscle cells are capable of generating an action potential; that property is called the excitability.
Detailed explanation-2: -The neuromuscular junction-where nerves and muscle fibers meet-is an essential synapse for muscle contraction and movement.
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