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What terminates a muscle contraction?

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A muscle cell remains contracted until the release of acetylcholine stops and an enzyme produced at the axon terminal destroys any remaining acetylcholine
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The release of acetylcholine stops and an enzyme produced at the axon terminal destroys any of the remaining acetylcholine
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