Immediately following the arrival of the stimulus at a skeletal muscle cell there is a short period called the period during which the events of excitation-contraction coupling occur.

Latent period.

Explanation:

Immediately following the arrival of the stimulus at a skeletal muscle cell there is a short period called the Latent period during which the events of excitation-contraction coupling occur.

The period of incubation, the interval preceding exposure to a pathogen, toxin or radiation, and when effects occur. Muscle contracting, the time between a nerve stimulus, and muscle contraction.