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If a stimulus, several times greater than the threshold stimulus is provided to a muscle fibre, it will
BiologyLocomotion and MovementAIIMSAIIMS 2001
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  • A contract with a larger force
  • B contract with a smaller force
  • C contract with the same force
  • D undergo tetany.
Solution:
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The correct answer is: contract with the same force
A muscle fibre would contract only when it receives stimulation of certain intensity called threshold stimulus. Response of a muscle fibre to a stimulus is not proportional to its intensity. It is absent when the intensity is subliminal. Muscle fibre contracts to the maximum whether the stimulus has threshold value or supraliminal value.

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