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Structure of Skeletal Muscle

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The action potential that triggers a muscle contraction travels deep within the muscle cell by means of -

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Sarcoplasmic reticulum

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Transverse tubules

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Synapse

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Motor end plates

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Solution

The correct option is B Transverse tubules
The actio potential that triggers muscle contracrtion travels deep within the muscle cell by meameans of transverse tubules.
So, the correct option is 'Transverse tubules'.

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