electrophysiology Using your knowledge, list the excitation contraction coupling events that explain how a muscle fiber contracts starting from the definition of a motor unit. (you can use a flow diagram or point form) No molecular details and no crossbridge cycle required.

electrophysiology Using your knowledge, list the excitation contraction coupling events that explain how a muscle fiber contracts starting from the definition of a motor unit. (you can use a flow diagram or point form) No molecular details and no crossbridge cycle required.

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electrophysiology Using your knowledge, list the excitation contraction coupling events that explain
how a muscle fiber contracts starting from the definition of a motor unit. (you can use a flow diagram
or point form)
|No molecular details and no crossbridge cycle required.

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