Muscle cells

A) actively lengthen.
B) generate compression.
C) possess a mechanism that regulates the tension amount by changing the number of contracting sarcomeres.
D) vary tension production based on the amount of sodium ions bound to actin.
E) can only contract


E) can only contract.

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