The chemical transmitter that transfers the electric impulse from the nerve to the muscle to stimulate muscle and initiate movement is:
a. choline.
b. catecholamine.
c. dopamine.
d. acetylcholine.
d
Transmission of the impulse from the nervous system
to the musculoskeletal system requires a chemical transmitter
to cross the myoneural junction. Acetylcholine transfers the
electric impulse from the nerve to the muscle to stimulate
muscle and initiate movement.
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