This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: All India exam, Subject name: Anaesthesia
Shoest acting skeletal muscle relaxant is 
Select and explain. 
A. Suxamethonium, B. Mivacurium, C. Pancuronium, D. Vecuronium
A: Suxamethonium
Answer: A: Suxamethonium 
Explanation: Suxamethonium (succinylcholine) is the shoest acting skeletal muscle relaxantMivacurium is the shoest acting nondepolarizing skeletal muscle relaxant.(Refer: Morgan and Mikhail's Clinical Anaesthesiology, 5th edition, pg no.205-211)