If one nerve stimulus arrives at a muscle fiber so soon that the fiber does NOT relax at all from the previous twitch, the most likely result will be ________.

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When multiple nerve stimuli arrive at a muscle fiber in rapid succession, preventing it from relaxing between twitches, the result is a smooth, sustained contraction known as complete tetanus. This occurs because the stimuli are so frequent that the muscle does not have time to relax at all between them, leading to a continuous contraction.

If One Nerve Stimulus Arrives at a Muscle Fiber So