Place the following events in the correct sequence in which they occur: excitation-contraction coupling, electrical excitation of the muscle cell membrane, sliding of the myofilaments
A) excitation-contraction coupling, sliding of myofilaments, electrical excitation of the muscle cell membrane
B) sliding of the myofilaments, electrical excitation of the muscle cell membrane, excitation-contraction coupling
C) electrical excitation of the muscle cell membrane, sliding of the myofilaments, excitation-contraction coupling
D) electrical excitation of the muscle cell membrane, excitation-contraction coupling, sliding of the myofilaments
Answer: D
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