If a muscle maintains constant contraction under increasing load, which consequence follows regarding the cross-bridge cycle?

💡 Explanation

Under increasing load during isometric contraction, more cross-bridges must be recruited and maintained to sustain the tension; therefore, ATP hydrolysis must increase to provide energy for the cycling of these cross-bridges, because this maintains force generation, rather than changes in the basic attachment or detachment rates or direct calcium regulation.

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