If a second stimulus arrives before the relaxation phase has ended, a second, more powerful contraction occurs. This is called

A) Incomplete tetanus.
B) Complete tetanus.
C) Treppe.
D) Wave summation.
E) Recruitment.


D) Wave summation.

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