Lack of relaxation between successive stimuli in sustained muscle contraction is known as
- tetanus
- tonus
- spasm
- fatigue.
Answer
(1) tetanus
Solution
When a muscle receives repeated stimuli at high frequency, it gets no time to relax between successive stimuli.
⇒ The individual twitches fuse into a single sustained, maximum contraction, called tetanus.
⇒ Tonus is a mild sustained partial contraction at rest; fatigue is the loss of ability to contract after repeated activity.
Answer: (1)