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Study Guide Final Exam
List the process of contraction beginning with the activation of the alpha motor neuron (what is
the sliding filament theory)
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What are the major differences between type I, type IIa, and type IIb fibers?

○ Training: motor units to be synchronized, never 100% synchronized (only cardiac
muscle)
● Increase firing rate
○ effect of synaptic fatigue
■ Turn off faster than ATP depletion, fatigue sooner *more powerful*
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