Which of the following statements is correct? Which of the following statements is correct? The more a muscle shortens, the more power it generates. The number of muscle fibers best determines how powerful a muscle will be. Muscle fibers running in parallel arrangement generate more power. Multipennate muscles do not produce much power because the fibers run in many directions.

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Dominique Hamilton

Physics

30 April, 20:17

Which of the following statements is correct? Which of the following statements is correct? The more a muscle shortens, the more power it generates. The number of muscle fibers best determines how powerful a muscle will be. Muscle fibers running in parallel arrangement generate more power. Multipennate muscles do not produce much power because the fibers run in many directions.

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Malia Farmer · Answer 1

The correct answer are

a) "The number of muscle fibers best determines how powerful a muscle will be"

b) "The more a muscle shortens, the more power it generates."

Reason:

Muscle fiber in longitudinal directions generate more power

Multipennate muscles do not produce much power because the tendon branches within muscle.