Which of the following are ways in which a graded response is achieved in a muscle contraction?

Increase the number of motor neurons that communicate with each muscle cell.

Varying the intensity of the action potential.

Increase or decrease the rate of nervous stimulation to the muscle cells.

Varying the number of muscle cells/fibers that contract.

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Graded response of muscle fibre is the varying degree of muscular strenght required to complete a task. It is done by either changing the frequency of stimulus or by changing the strenght of stimulus, i.e by varying the intensity of the action potential and by varying the number of muscle cells/fibers that contract.

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