A motor unit consists of

A) one skeletal muscle fiber and all the neurons that control that fiber.
B) one neuron and all the skeletal muscle fibers it controls.
C) one skeletal muscle fiber and the neuron that controls that fiber.
D) one axon terminal branch and the myofibrils it controls.


B) one neuron and all the skeletal muscle fibers it controls.

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