Immediately following the arrival of the stimulus at a skeletal muscle cell there is a short period called the ________ period during which the neurotransmitter is released by exocytosis, diffuses across the synaptic cleft, and binds to its receptors.
A) contraction
B) relaxation
C) latent
D) refractory

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The latent period is the short period after the arrival of a stimulus at a skeletal muscle cell where there is a delay while the neurotransmitter is released by exocytosis, diffuses across the synaptic cleft, and binds to its receptors. This is the period where the action potential is traveling along the sarcolemma and through the T-tubules towards the sarcoplasmic reticulum, leading to the release of calcium ions and initiation of muscle contraction.

Immediately Following the Arrival of the Stimulus at a Skeletal