In an experiment, you set up a crayfish muscle that has an attached stretch receptor.If you gradually increase the amount of stretch you apply to the muscle, you will
A) diminish the magnitude of the action potential in the stretch receptor.
B) increase the magnitude of the receptor potential in the stretch receptor.
C) cause ion channels in the dendrites of the stretch receptor to close.
D) decrease the rate of action potentials generated in the stretch receptor.
E) cause the resulting depolarization to spread from the cell body to the dendrites of the stretch receptor.
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