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Skeletal muscles can be stimulated to contract by a motor neuron very quickly. What makes that possible.Multiple choice question.Muscle cells have a resting membrane potential that is higher than the threshold potential.Muscle cells do not need ACh receptors, their membranes are directly and quickly depolarized by ACh.The nicotinic receptors for ACh on muscle cells become sodium channels and cause rapid depolarization of the membrane.

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Skeletal muscles can be stimulated to contract by a motor neuron very quickly. What makes that possible.Multiple choice question.Muscle cells have a resting membrane potential that is higher than the threshold potential.Muscle cells do not need ACh receptors, their membranes are directly and quickly depolarized by ACh.The nicotinic receptors for ACh on muscle cells become sodium channels and cause rapid depolarization of the membrane.

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The correct answer is: The nicotinic receptors for ACh on muscle cells become sodium channels and cause rapid depolarization of the membrane.

This is because the action of acetylcholine (ACh) on the nicotinic receptors at the neuromuscular junction opens sodium channels. This allows sodium ions to flow into the muscle cell, causing a rapid depolarization of the membrane and triggering a muscle contraction.

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