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What would happen if a muscle is stimulated repeatedly at intervals not close enough to produce tetanus?

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**Step-by-Step Solution:** 1. **Understanding Muscle Stimulation**: When a muscle is stimulated, it contracts. If the stimulation occurs repeatedly, the muscle can respond in different ways depending on the frequency of stimulation. 2. **Types of Tetanus**: There are two types of tetanus: - **Fused Tetanus (Complete Tetanus)**: This occurs when the muscle fibers are stimulated at such a high frequency that they do not have time to relax at all between stimuli, resulting in a smooth, sustained contraction. - **Unfused Tetanus (Incomplete Tetanus)**: This occurs when the muscle fibers do not completely relax before the next stimulus arrives. There is some relaxation, but the muscle remains partially contracted. ...
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  1. Which type of movable joint is the shoulder joint?

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  2. Give the scientific term for a single contraction of a muscle.

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  4. Name the thin and thick protein of muscle fibres.

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  6. Name the first two vertebrae of a mammal spine.

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  7. Name the functional contractile unit of the muscle.

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  8. The total number of bones in the hindlimb of a man is

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  9. The cross bridges are present on the:

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  10. Name the chemical that causes fatigue in the muscle.

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  11. The muscles which on contraction rotates the foream the make palm face...

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  12. Name the skeletal joint which permits movement in one direction only.

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  13. State the function of the Synovial fluid.

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  14. Which type of movable joint makes the hip joint?

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  15. What lubricates the freely movable joint at the shoulder?

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  16. Name the bones which form base of the skull.

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  17. What are the two types of striated muscle fibres?

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  18. Name the two special proteins which constitute the contractile filamen...

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  19. Name the cells that synthesize collagen.

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  20. Name the cavity in the pelvic girdle, into which the head of the femur...

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