Which is TRUE about the comparison of excitation-contraction coupling in cardiac muscle with that in skeletal muscle?
A) Extracellular Ca2+ plays a major role in cardiac but not skeletal muscle.
B) The mechanism for Ca2+ release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum is the same in both types of muscle.
C) Troponin sites are completely saturated immediately after Ca2+ release in both types of muscle.
D) There is no net change in total intracellular Ca2+ concentration in either muscle.
E) Intracellular Ca2+ stores are necessary for contraction in skeletal muscle, but not in cardiac muscle.
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