If sodium ions cannot enter a muscle fiber in response to a stimulus,

A. contraction cannot occur.
B. relaxation cannot occur.
C. sodium ions will be released from the sarcoplasmic reticulum instead.
D. the active sites are left exposed.
E. the action potential travels into the muscle anyway.


A

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