Anatomy & Physiology: The Unity of Form and Function, 7th Edition

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ISBN 10: 0073403717
ISBN 13: 978-0-07340-371-7

Chapter 11 - Muscular Tissue - Study Guide - True or False - Page 434: 7

Answer

7. False

Work Step by Step

Physiological tetanus --as distinct from pathological tetanus-- is a condition in which a skeletal muscle contracts, remains contracted, and does not relax. This happens when the motor nerve to a muscle delivers action potentials (APs/stimuli) at such a rapid rate that they are summated. Under normal physiological conditions, a skeletal muscle seldom, or never, attains complete tetanus.
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