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Author: Gerard J. Tortora
Publisher: WILEY
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Chapter 10, Problem 15CP
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The way in which the size of the motor units controls the degree of muscular movement.
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A motor unit consists of a motor neuron and multiple muscle fibers innervated by the axonal terminals of the motor neuron. This combination brings about stimulation or contraction of a number of fibers by a single motor neuron.
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