Determine how muscles are affected if the muscle receives stimulations so frequently that it has no opportunity to relax between them

What will be an ideal response?


Fused, or complete, tetanus can occur when a muscle receives no opportunity to relax between frequent stimulations. A sustained contraction occurs because the muscle cell has received a stimulus before the last twitch is over.

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