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Please describe the difference between threshold stimulus and sub-maximal stimulus.
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- How is the duration of stimulus coded by the primary sensory neuron? (Human Physiology)Define threshold stimulus, maximal stimulus, motor unit recruitment, wave summation, unfused tetanus, fused tetanus, and fatigue, and explain how to observe themList the four types of general sensory receptors, and iden- tify the nature of the stimulus that excites each type.