The first event in muscle fiber contraction is that
A) the muscle fiber membrane is stimulated and a muscle impulse travels deep into the fiber through transverse tubules.
B) acetylcholine diffuses across a gap at a neuromuscular junction.
C) acetylcholine is released from the end of the motor neuron.
D) calcium ions diffuse from sarcoplasmic reticulum into the sarcoplasm and bind to troponin molecules.
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