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

  • A
    tetanus
  • B
    tonus
  • C
    spasm
  • D
    fatigue

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The largest smooth muscle is present in:

$A$: Application of stimuli repeatedly just at the start of relaxation of a muscle fibre shows an increase in the extent of contraction initially and results in treppe or staircase phenomenon.
$R$: It can be attributed to the summation effect of the sub-threshold stimuli being given again and again.

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In the mechanism of muscle contraction or shortening of muscle,the . . . . . . get reduced whereas the . . . . . . retain the length.

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