If one nerve stimulus arrives at a muscle fiber so soon that the fiber does NOT relax at all from the previous twitch, the most likely result will be ________. This can only be achieved in the laboratory.
A. complete tetanus
B. incomplete tetanus
C. wave summation
D. spasm
E. fatigue
Answer: A
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