Consider the difference between lifting a light pad of paper versus a heavy textbook. The primary way the level of force of muscle contraction is controlled is by

A.  recruiting a different number of motor units.
B.  activating different regions of the muscle.
C.  activating the motor units at a different frequency.
D.  altering the number of crossbridges each individual fiber uses.


A

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