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If a stimulus several times greater than the threshold stimulus is provided

If a stimulus, several times greater than the threshold stimulus is provided to a muscle fibre, it will

Options

(a) Contract with a larger force
(b) Contract with a smaller force
(c) Contract with a same force
(d) Undergoes tetany

Correct Answer:

Contract with a same force

Explanation:

A muscle fibre would contract only when it receives stimulation of certain intensity called threshould stimulus. Response of a muscle fibre to a stimulus is not proportionate to its intensity. It is absent when the intensity is subliminal. Muscle fibre contracts to the maximum whether the stimulus has threshould value or supraliminal value.

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