When a skeletal muscle is passively stretched, that cell has a tendency to spring back once the force that was stretching the muscle is removed due to
A) actin and myosin acting as a spring using the energy stored by the stretching.
B) the passive interaction between actin and myosin (no energy required) .
C) the elastic connective tissue that surrounds the muscle cells and fascicles.
D) the active interaction between actin and myosin (energy required) .
E) titin acting as a spring using the energy stored by the stretching.
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