all-or-none response

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all-or-none response,

n the threshold response of each particular nerve cell and muscle fiber to a stimulus. A nerve cell will fire completely or not at all, and a muscle fiber will contract to its limit with a stimulus; both rest fully in the absence of stimulus.

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