Discuss ALL of the steps involved in the excitation and contraction of a myofiber, in...

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Discuss ALL of the steps involved in the excitation and contraction of a myofiber, in correct order. Start with the arrival of the first action potential at the axon terminal, and end with the active transport of Ca+2 into the SR. You may use outline/ bulleted list/ flow chart formats if you prefer.  

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Myofiber is a single muscle cell which containing multinucleusIts excitation and contraction occur in following sequence1 A nerve action potential reaches at presynaptic axon terminalof a somatic motor neuron in Neuromuscular Junction junctionbetween motor neuron and skeletal muscle cell2 This action potential opens the voltage gated calcium channelin the axon terminal and influx    See Answer
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