Chapter 10: The Muscular System

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A quiz over the muscle tissue and it's functions. I have started off with the basic reading quiz in class along with questions from the quizbowl on Monday's review class session. I might add more to cover extra topics that were not gone over well during lecture.
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Which of the following actions is caused by contraction of a skeletal muscle?
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  • contraction of the heart
  • locomotion
  • movement of food through the digestive tract
  • emptying of the urinary bladder

Frage 2

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The capacity of a muscle cell to shorten forcefully is known as
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  • contractility
  • excitability
  • extensibility
  • elasticity

Frage 3

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Muscles exhibit the property of excitability. This means that the muscle
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  • shortens in legnth
  • recoils to its original resting length
  • stretches beyond its normal length
  • responds to stimulation by the nervous system

Frage 4

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Identify the statement concerning general functional characteristics of muscle that is true.
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  • muscle tissue shortens forcefully but lengthens passively
  • muscle tissue shortens passively but lengthens forcefully
  • muscle tissue can get shorter, but cannot get longer
  • muscle tissue can get longer, but cannot get shorter

Frage 5

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Identify the statement concerning the skeletal muscle that is true.
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  • It comprises about 20% of the body's weight
  • It propels urine through the urinary tract
  • Its function is largely under involuntary control
  • It is powered by ATP

Frage 6

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Which type of muscle tissue would cause flexion and extension of the arm?
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  • skeletal muscle
  • smooth muscle
  • cardiac muscle

Frage 7

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Hypertrophy of skeletal muscles from weight lifting is caused by an increase in the
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  • number of muscle fibers
  • size of muscle fibers
  • number of striations
  • number of muscle cells

Frage 8

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Skeletal muscle develops from multinucleated cells called
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  • fascicles
  • myoblasts
  • myofibrils
  • myotomes

Frage 9

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Endomysium is a delicate network of loose connective tissue that
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  • surrounds each muscle fiber
  • forms a sheath around a fasciculus
  • is composed of elastic fibers
  • separates individual muscles
  • penetrates muscle fibers

Frage 10

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Fascia
Antworten
  • surrounds individual muscles
  • separates muscle fibers
  • connects muscles to bone
  • is a type of muscle tissue
  • is a type of nerve tissue

Frage 11

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Which of the following connective tissue layers is outside all the others?
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  • perimysium
  • endomysium
  • epimysium
  • paramysium
  • sarcolemma

Frage 12

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List the following structures in order from smallest to largest. 1. muscle fiber 2. myofilament 3. myofibril 4. muscle fasciculus
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  • 4,3,2,1
  • 2,1,4,3
  • 2,3,1,4
  • 1,2,3,4

Frage 13

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Muscle myofibrils
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  • are found in the sacrolemma
  • extend from the sarcolemma to the T-tubule
  • contain myosin and actin myofilaments
  • hold muscle cells together
  • do not apper striated

Frage 14

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The region of the sarcomere that contains both actin and myosin myofilaments is called the
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  • I band
  • A band
  • Z disk
  • H zone

Frage 15

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A sarcomere extends from
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  • one Z disk to an adjacent Z disk
  • one T tubule to the next T tubule
  • the middle of the I band to the middle of the A band
  • the H zone to the I band
  • the M line to the next M line

Frage 16

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Which of the following would contribute to muscular fatigue in the muscle fiber?
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  • the emotional state of an individual
  • depletion of ATP reserves
  • inability of the motor neuron to produce sufficient quantities of acetylcholine
  • depletion of neurotransmitter
  • blocked receptors in the postsynaptic membrane

Frage 17

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Lack of acetylcholinesterase in the synaptic cleft would result in
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  • a decrease in acetylcholine production by the motor neuron
  • continuous stimulation of the motor end plate
  • rapid degradation of acetylcholine
  • relaxation of the muscle
  • continuous stimulation of the presynaptic membrane

Frage 18

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A bi-product of anaerobic respiration in muscle cells is
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  • uric acid
  • hydrochloric acid
  • lactic acid
  • carbonic acid

Frage 19

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Which of the following is composed of myosin molecules?
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  • thick myofilaments
  • I bands
  • Z disks
  • sarcolemma
  • tropomyosin

Frage 20

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Muscle tone
Antworten
  • is a time during which the tissue cannot respond
  • results in complete and incomplete tetanus
  • is a condition in which the muscle fiber only partially relaxes between contractions
  • is a condition in which stimuli occur so rapidly that there are no intervening relaxations
  • is a constant tension produce produced by muscles for long periods of time

Frage 21

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A myofibril is the
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  • cell membrane of a muscle fiber
  • cytoplasm of muscle cells
  • structural and functional unit of the skeletal muscle fiber
  • protein strand composed of actin
  • contractile thread that extends the length of the muscle fiber

Frage 22

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The sites where a chemical substance is transmitted from the presynaptic terminal of an axon to the postsynaptic membrane of a muscle fiber are called
Antworten
  • neuromuscular junctions
  • sarcomeres
  • myofilaments
  • Z disks
  • cell body of neuron

Frage 23

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Acetylcholine is released from the synaptic terminal by the process of
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  • exocytosis
  • diffusion
  • phagocytosis
  • active transport
  • endocytosis

Frage 24

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You are hired to work in a lab to measure the rate of human muscle contraction. Which of the following might decrease in quantity in muscle cells undergoing contractions?
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  • ATP
  • carbon dioxide
  • water
  • lactic acid
  • sodium

Frage 25

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Which of the following is true about skeletal muscle?
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  • Sensory neurons stimulate muscle to contract
  • There are very few blood vessels in skeletal muscle
  • Every muscle fiber receives a branch of an axon from the nerve
  • There are very few nerve fibers in a muscle
  • All of these are true

Frage 26

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Which of the following statements regarding the sliding filament model is false?
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  • actin and myosin do not shorten during contraction
  • both actin and myosin myofilaments shorten during contraction
  • the sarcomere shortens
  • the I band and H zones become narrower during contraction
  • the A band remains constant in length

Frage 27

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Rigor mortis occurs after death because
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  • cross-bridges form but can't release
  • calcium is actively transported back to the sarcoplasmic reticulum
  • anaerobic respiration is ocurring
  • myosin levels decline at death
  • cross-bridges never form

Frage 28

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Which of the following events occurs on the postsynaptic membrane?
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  • acetylcholine production
  • rapid degradation of acetylcholine
  • release of neurotransmitter
  • neurotransmitter combines with a receptor molecule
  • release of calcium ions

Frage 29

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The model that describes the contraction of the muscle is called the
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  • contraction cycle
  • power stroke
  • sliding filament model
  • slipping fibril mechanism
  • paddle

Frage 30

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The sarcolemma is the
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  • cell membrane of a muscle fiber
  • cytoplasm of muscle cells
  • structural and functional unit of the skeletal muscle cell
  • contractile thread that extends the length of the muscle fiber
  • protein strand composed of actin

Frage 31

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A sarcomere is the
Antworten
  • cell membrane of a muscle fiber
  • cytoplasm of muscle cells
  • structural and functional unit of the skeletal muscle cell
  • contractile thread that extends the length of the muscle fiber
  • protein strand composed of actin or myosin

Frage 32

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If sodium ions cannot enter a muscle fiber in response to a stimulus,
Antworten
  • contraction cannot occur
  • relaxation cannot occur
  • sodium ions will be released from the sarcoplasmic reticulum instead
  • the active sites are left exposed
  • the action potential travels into the muscle anyway

Frage 33

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The active sites to which cross-bridges attach are found on the
Antworten
  • sarcoplasmic reticulum
  • actin myofilaments
  • Z disks
  • T tubules
  • myosin myofilaments

Frage 34

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During short periods of intense exercise, energy in muscles is primarily derived from
Antworten
  • aerobic respiration
  • anaerobic respiration
  • oxidative recoupling
  • nuclear envelope reactions

Frage 35

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A drug that interferes with the active transport of calcium ions from the sarcoplasm back into the sarcoplasmic reticulum would result in
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  • relaxation of the muscle fiber
  • contraction with no relaxation
  • muscle hypertrophy
  • fibrosis of the muscle
  • an imbalance of blood calcium

Frage 36

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A stimulus either causes an action potential or it doesn't. This is called
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  • an all-or-none response
  • a graded response
  • a latent period response
  • a relative refractory response
  • an arbitrary response

Frage 37

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T tubules are invaginations of the
Antworten
  • sarcoplasmic reticulum
  • sarcomere
  • myofibril
  • sarcoplasm
  • sarcolemma

Frage 38

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The sarcoplasmic reticulum
Antworten
  • stores calcium ions
  • shortens during muscle contraction
  • transmits nerve impulses to the myofibrils
  • connects adjacent sarcomeres
  • covers the muscle fiber

Frage 39

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Whole muscles can respond in a graded fashion to stimuli by varying
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  • the force of contraction of individual muscle fibers
  • the number of motor units recruited
  • the amplitude of the action potential
  • the frequency of stimulus
  • thresholds

Frage 40

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In order for muscle relaxation to occur,
Antworten
  • calcium ions must be transported to troponin
  • power strokes slow down
  • the active sites on actin must be blocked
  • sodium ions must be actively transported to troponin
  • the active sites on myosin must be uncovered

Frage 41

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Which of the following will respond to a threshold stimulus with an all-or-none contraction?
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  • a single muscle fiber
  • a single motor unit
  • a whole muscle
  • a single muscle fiber and a single motor unit
  • a single muscle fiber, a single motor unit, and a whole muscle

Frage 42

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Which of the following is true?
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  • the greater the overlap of actin and myosin, the stronger the contraction
  • overstretching a muscle will increase its tension
  • optimal actin and myosin overlap will produce maximal contraction
  • the greatest amount of tension is achieved when actin and myosin do not overlap
  • tension is great when actin and myosin overlap as much as they can

Frage 43

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Channels that open or close in response to changes in the electrical charge or voltage across the plasma membrane are called:
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  • ligand-gated ion channels
  • non-gated ion channels
  • relegated ion channels
  • voltage-gated ion channels
  • obligated ion channels

Frage 44

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T tubules
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  • provide nutrients to the muscle fiber
  • generate new muscle fibers
  • conduct action potentials deep into the muscle cell
  • release acetylcholine
  • store calcium ions

Frage 45

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A myofilament is the
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  • cell membrane of a muscle fiber
  • cytoplasm of muscle cells
  • structural and functional unit of the skeletal muscle cell
  • contractile threat that extends the length of the muscle fiber
  • protein strand composed of actin or myosin

Frage 46

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Tendons that form thick flattened sheets are
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  • ligaments
  • endoymysium
  • collagen fibers
  • aponeuroses

Frage 47

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The expanded ends of sarcoplasmic reticulum are called
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  • transverse tubules
  • triads
  • terminal cisternae
  • myoterminals

Frage 48

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In a typical simple muscle, the
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  • origin remains stationary and the insertion moves
  • insertion remains stationary and the origin moves
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