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Muscle Physiology

Sections:
Skeletal Muscle: Endurance Training, Skeletal Muscle: Resistance Training, Smooth Muscle: Raynaud’s Disease, Smooth Muscle: Parturition.

Topics Discussed:
neuromuscular blockade; skeletal myocytes; tubocurarine.

Excerpt:

Skeletal Muscle: Neuromuscular Blockade

JV is a 24-year-old male undergoing surgery for the removal of an inflamed appendix. In addition to general anesthesia, JV is administered intravenous tubocurarine which is a competitive receptor antagonist at the neuromuscular junction.

What type of nerve fiber innervates skeletal muscle?
On average, what percentage of individual muscle fibers are directly innervated in each skeletal muscle?

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