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#Question id: 2520


During the course of a muscle twitch (a contraction due to a single action potential), when is the free calcium concentration of the muscle cytoplasm highest?

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization
  1. milliseconds before the T tubule undergoes an action potential

  2. after the T tubule undergoes an action potential but before the muscle generates tension

  3. at the height of the tension generated by the muscle

  4. at the end of the twitch, after the muscle has relaxed