Contraction of skeletal muscle in response to an action potential requires:

A. Ca++ influx through L-type Ca++ channels
B. Ca++ binding to troponin C
C. phosphorylation of a myosin light chain
D. phosphorylation of troponin I
E. Ca++ extrusion through the Na+-Ca++ antiporter


ANS: B

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