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Author Question: A skeletal muscle deprived of adequate ATP supplies will A) immediately relax. B (Read 967 times)

go.lag

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on: Oct 19, 2013
A skeletal muscle deprived of adequate ATP supplies will
A) immediately relax.
B) release all actin-myosin bonds.
C) enter a state where actin and myosin are unable to separate.
D) fire many more action potentials than usual and enter a state of "rigor."
E) sequester all free calcium ions into the sarcoplasmic reticulum.


strangeaffliction

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Reply #1 on: Oct 22, 2013
I recall doing this last year, it's C, take care.


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