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Exam questionKROK 1Medicine ยท 2010

During an experiment a skeletal muscle is stimulated by a series of electric impulses. What type of muscle contraction will be observed provided that each subsequent impulse comes in the period of shortening of the previous single muscle contraction?

Answer options

  1. Partial tetanus
  2. A series of single contractures
  3. Muscle contracture
  4. Asynchronous tetanus
  5. Holotetanus
Correct answer

Holotetanus

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