Excitation-contraction coupling is the
A) sliding of thin filaments past thick filaments during muscle fiber contraction.
B) refractory period of an action potential.
C) threshold period of an action potential.
D) sequence of processes that links the action potential to contraction.
E) transfer of ACh into the synaptic cleft.
Answer: D
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