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Lack of relaxation between successive stimuli in sustained muscle contraction is known as:

  1. A
    Fatigue
  2. B
    Tetanus
  3. C
    Tonus
  4. D
    Spasm

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Tetanus is a state of sustained muscle contraction that occurs when a muscle fiber is stimulated so rapidly by a sequence of impulses that it has no opportunity to relax between them.

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Lack of relaxation between successive stimuli in sustained muscle contraction is known as:
A
Fatigue
B
Tetanus
C
Tonus
D
Spasm

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