Question

What result would be expected if an additional stimulus, equal in intensity to the first, were to be applied to the muscle at the 60 millisecond (ms) time point?relationship between tension and time during a single muscle twitch.what result would be expected if an additional stimulus, equal in intensity to the first, were to be applied to the muscle at the 60 millisecond (ms) time point?relationship between tension and time during a single muscle twitch.the muscle would increase in tension to a level greater than that measured at the beginning of phase
c. the muscle would quickly return to the fully relaxed state of minimum tension. the tension exerted by the muscle would continue to decrease, but at a significantly slower rate than observed without the second stimulus. tension would increase to the same maximum force measured at the beginning of phase
c?

Answer 1

I believe that the muscle would increase in tension to a level greater that measured at the beginning of phase C.
A muscle twitch is a single contraction resulting from a threshold stimulus, where a threshold stimulus is the smallest stimulus strength that actually results in a contraction. The time between when a muscle is stimulated and any actual shortening is called the latent period.