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What would be the drawback of cardiac contractions being the same duration as skeletal muscle contractions?
An action potential could reach a cardiac muscle cell before it has entered the relaxation phase, resulting in the sustained contractions of tetanus. If this happened, the heart would not beat regularly.
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