What is the definition of a "motor unit"?

A. a single motor neuron plus all the muscle fibers it innervates
B. a single muscle fiber plus all of the motor neurons that innervate it
C. all of the motor neurons supplying a single muscle
D. a pair of antagonistic muscles
E. all of the muscles that affect the movement of any given joint


A

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