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Question 1

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What is the necessary condition for generation of spike potentials in smooth muscle cells?
Answer
  • a) sufficient intra-cellular calcium deposits;
  • b) reaching membrane depolarization threshold;
  • c) sufficient density of voltage-gated Na+ channels.

Question 2

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Spike potentials in smooth muscles are defined as:
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  • a) action potentials;
  • b) slow waves;
  • c) Ca2+ equilibrium potentials.

Question 3

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Smooth muscle tissue is build of this type of cells:
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  • a) cylindrical cells;
  • b) spindle-shaped cells;
  • c) relatively small hexagonally-shaped cells.

Question 4

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“Slow waves” are present in:
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  • a) gastrointestinal smooth muscle tissue;
  • b) bronchial smooth muscle tissue;
  • c) arterial smooth muscle tissue.

Question 5

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Slow waves are changes in the membrane potential in certain smooth muscles:
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  • a) due to input from the nervous system;
  • b) not due to stimuli from the nervous system or endogenous substances;
  • c) due to endogenous substances.

Question 6

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Is there a functional relationship between slow waves and spike potentials in smooth muscle cells?
Answer
  • a) yes, slow waves can trigger spike potentials;
  • b) there is no known functional dependence;
  • c) yes, spike potentials can trigger slow waves

Question 7

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The dynamics of ion flow during spike potentials is:
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  • a) Na+ influx → depolarization, K + efflux → repolarization;
  • b) Ca2+ influx → depolarization, K + efflux → repolarization;
  • c) Ca2+ efflux → depolarization, Na+ influx → repolarization.

Question 8

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In the cytosol Ca2+ ions bond to, and activate a protein which plays a critical role in the contraction of the smooth muscle. This protein is:
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  • a) calmodulin;
  • b) tropomyosin;
  • c) troponin C

Question 9

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Which of the following muscles do not have an ordered sarcomere structures?
Answer
  • a) skeletal muscles;
  • b) cardiac muscle;
  • c) smooth muscles.

Question 10

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Which ion channels permit the Ca2+ ion influx, necessary for the spontaneous phasic contractions of smooth muscles?
Answer
  • a) receptor-regulated channels (triggered by ligands);
  • b) voltage-gated (membrane potential dependent);
  • c) stretch-regulated (mechanical forces on the membrane).

Question 11

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What type of contraction results in smooth and striated muscles when the intervals between consecutive action potentials are shorter than the duration of muscle fiber contractions?
Answer
  • a) single contraction;
  • b) phasic contractions;
  • c) complete or incomplete tetanus

Question 12

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Which is the best description of the membrane potential of striated muscles when there are no muscle contractions?
Answer
  • a) rhythmic low frequency fluctuations below threshold excitation- formation for slow waves;
  • b) steady resting potential;
  • c) slow depolarization initiated from pacemaker cells

Question 13

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What is the source of Ca2+ needed for the contraction of striated skeletal muscles?
Answer
  • a) from intracellular Ca2+ depots;
  • b) influx of Ca2+ from the extracellular fluid into the sarcoplasm, which leads to additional Ca2+ release form intracellular depots;
  • c) through suppression of the activity of the calcium pumps (which remove intracellular Ca2+

Question 14

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What type of membrane channels are activated during action potential propagation along the sarcolemma of striated muscle cells?
Answer
  • a) voltage-gated sodium channels;
  • b) calcium channels, regulated by ryanodine receptors;
  • c) voltage-dependent calmodulin receptors

Question 15

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The sarcoplasmic reticulum of smooth muscle cells can be characterized as:
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  • a) very elaborate;
  • b) moderately developed;
  • c) not elaborate

Question 16

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Are there motor endplates in smooth muscle tissues?
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  • a) yes;
  • b) no;
  • c) sometimes

Question 17

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Phasic contraction in smooth muscle cells are responsible for:
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  • a) peristaltic movement;
  • b) the heartbeat;
  • c) release of neurotransmitter molecules

Question 18

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The existence of “slow waves” in the membrane potential is characteristic for:
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  • a) phasic smooth muscle cells;
  • b) tonic smooth muscle cells;
  • c) neurons

Question 19

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19. Blood vessels are predominately build of:
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  • a) tonic smooth muscle tissue;
  • b) phasic smooth muscle tissue;
  • c) satiated muscle tissue

Question 20

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Activation of the enzyme myosin light chain kinase (MLCK) leads to:
Answer
  • a) contraction in smooth muscle cells;
  • b) relaxation in smooth muscle cells;
  • c) initiation of slow waves

Question 21

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The basic contraction unit in muscle tissues is:
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  • a) the smooth muscle cell;
  • b) the smooth muscle fiber (myofibril);
  • c) the fiber bundle, wrapped in connective tissue (fascicle).

Question 22

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Choose the correct statement:
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  • a) in visceral smooth muscle tissue, found in hollow organs, fiber bundles are innervated together (as a single unit), and individual cells communicate via nexuses (gap junctions);
  • b) in visceral smooth muscles, found in hollow organs, each muscle cell is innervated individually (as a multi-unit), and individual cells communicate via gap junctions;
  • c) in visceral smooth muscles, found in hollow organs, each muscle cell is innervated individually, and individual cells do not communicate.

Question 23

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Choose the set of characteristics that describes best smooth muscle contractions:
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  • a) voluntary, slow, large energy expenditure;
  • b) involuntary, fast, low energy expenditure;
  • c) involuntary, slow, low energy expenditure.

Question 24

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The thin myofilaments in smooth muscle cells are build of:
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  • a) 4 types of contractile proteins;
  • b) 2 types of contractile proteins;
  • c) 3 types of contractile proteins.

Question 25

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The basis of the thin myofilaments in smooth muscle tissue is the protein:
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  • a) myosin;
  • b) actin;
  • c) troponin

Question 26

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The basis of the thick myofilaments in smooth muscles is the protein:
Answer
  • a) myosin;
  • b) actin;
  • c) tropomyosin

Question 27

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Choose the correct statement regarding discrete (multi-unit) smooth muscles:
Answer
  • a) in discrete smooth muscle tissue, found in hollow organs, each cell is innervated separately, and individual cells communicate via nexuses (gap junctions);
  • b) in discrete smooth muscles each cell is innervated individually, thus cells do not communicate directly;
  • c) in discrete smooth muscles, found in hollow organs, fibers are innervated together in bundles, and individual cells communicate via nexuses (gap junctions)

Question 28

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In smooth muscles fibers the ratio between actin and myosin (thin/tick) fibers is:
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  • a) random;
  • b) 5:1 to 13:1;
  • c) always 6:1.

Question 29

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Thin myofilaments in smooth muscle tissues are build of the following proteins:
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  • a) myosin, actin, titin, and troponin;
  • b) actin and tropomyosin;
  • c) actin, titin, and calmodulin

Question 30

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What is the spacial orientation of the smooth muscle contractile apparatus?
Answer
  • a) random orientation;
  • b) aligned in one direction, along the length of the fiber;
  • c) aligned in two perpendicular directions.

Question 31

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What is the source of Ca2+ needed for the contraction of the smooth muscles?
Answer
  • a) from the extracellular medium, where calcium concentration is much greater than in the intracellular space;
  • b) from in the intracellular depots, found in the sarcoplasmic reticulum;
  • c) both a. and b.

Question 32

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What is the role of Ca2+ in the smooth muscle contraction?
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  • a) bonds to regulatory protein calmodulin;
  • b) bonds to the myosin molecule;
  • c) Ca2+ does not affect smooth muscle contraction.

Question 33

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Which intracellular factors lead to a smooth muscle relaxation?
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  • a) factors that activate the enzyme myosin light chain phosphatase;
  • b) factors that inhibit the enzyme myosin light chain phosphatase;
  • c) factors that activate the enzyme myosin light chain kinase.

Question 34

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Which intracellular factors lead to a smooth muscle contraction?
Answer
  • a) factors that activate the enzyme myosin light chain phosphatase;
  • b) factors that inhibit the enzyme myosin light chain phosphatase;
  • c) factors that activate the enzyme myosin light chain kinase.

Question 35

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What is the role of the enzyme myosin light chain kinase (MLCK) in the smooth muscle contraction?
Answer
  • a) it shortens the thin myofilaments and, after phosphorylation, it bends actin into a spiral;
  • b) it phosphorylates the 20-kDa myosin light chain (MLC 20) of the myosin molecule, allowing for cross-bridge formation between thin and thick myofilaments;
  • c) it interacts with ATP and the thin myofilaments, delivering energy for the contraction

Question 36

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What is the role of the enzyme myosin light chain phosphatase (MLCP) in the smooth muscle relaxation?
Answer
  • a) after contraction, it lengthens the thick myofilaments;
  • b) it de-phosphorylates the 20-kDa myosin light chain (MLC 20) of the myosin molecule, disrupting the bonding of myosin with the dense bodies of the membrane;
  • c) it de-phosphorylates the 20-kDa myosin light chain (MLC 20) of the myosin molecule, disrupting the cross-bridge formation between thin and thick fibres.

Question 37

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What is the function of protein calmodulin for the smooth muscle contraction?
Answer
  • a) it forms a complex with four calcium ions, which activates the enzyme myosin light chain kinase (MLCK);
  • b) does not affect smooth muscle contraction;
  • c) it transports Ca2+ from the cellular membrane to the protein troponin C.

Question 38

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The electro-mechanical coupling of smooth muscles is:
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  • a) muscle contraction stimulated with electric current;
  • b) the relation between action potential and subsequent increase of intracellular Ca2+ leading to contraction;
  • the directed movement of Ca2+ (electric current) in the cytosol towards the contractile apparatus (mechanical).

Question 39

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What is a spike potential?
Answer
  • a) a rapid change in the membrane potential due to a slow wave;
  • b) action potential in certain smooth muscle cells;
  • c) electric phenomenon due to re-orientation of the myofilaments in the smooth muscle cell.

Question 40

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0. Is there a relationship (and if there is then what type) between spike potentials and the Ca2+ concentration in the cytosol?
Answer
  • a) yes there is. Spike potentials are caused in part by Ca2+ influx and that leads to increase in the intracellular calcium;
  • b) no;
  • c) yes, there is. Spike potentials cause Ca2+ efflux which leads to decrease of the calcium concentration in the cytosol.

Question 41

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Is there a relationship (and what type) between spike potentials and the strength of contraction of smooth muscles?
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  • a) no;
  • b) yes, it is proportional. The greater the number of spike potentials the stronger the contraction;
  • c) Yes. An increased number of spike potentials will decrease the strength of muscle contraction

Question 42

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Is there a difference in the properties of phasic and tonic smooth muscle contractions?
Answer
  • a) no, they are two names for the same basic process;
  • b) yes. Phasic contractions occur with certain repetition of few times per minute, and tonic contractions rise slowly and can last many minutes;
  • c) yes. Tonic contractions occur with regular frequency and amplitude, and phasic contractions are slow and can last many minutes.

Question 43

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Spike potentials are found in:
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  • a) hepatocytes;
  • b) cardiac contractions;
  • c) phasic smooth muscle contractions

Question 44

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Tonic smooth muscle contractions are characterized by:
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  • a) generation of autonomous action potential;
  • b) the lack autonomous action potential;
  • c) positive membrane potential.

Question 45

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Phasic smooth muscles are characterized by:
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  • a) their steady membrane potential;
  • b) their function to maintain the tonus in blood vessels;
  • c) sinusoidal variation in the membrane potential.

Question 46

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During smooth muscle contraction, the concentration Ca2+ in the cytosol increases to:
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  • a) 10-5 mol/l;
  • b) 10-7 mol/l;
  • c) 107 mol/l.

Question 47

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Spike potentials in smooth muscles provide:
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  • a) Ca2+ influx from the extracellular space into the cytosol;
  • b) Ca2+ efflux from the cytosol into the extracellular space;
  • c) bidirectional transfer of Ca2+ across the membrane, leading to equilibrium.

Question 48

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In smooth muscle cells, the complex 4Ca∙Calmodulin activates:
Answer
  • a) the light chain of myosin phosphatase;
  • b) myosin light chain kinase (MLCK);
  • c) the Ca2+ regulated K + channels.

Question 49

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Ca2+ pumps work to:
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  • a) increase Ca2+ concentrations in the cytosol;
  • b) decrease Ca2+ concentrations in the cytosol;
  • c) do not affect cytosol concentrations of Ca2+

Question 50

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The two known Ca2+ depots in the sarcoplasmic reticulum (IP3-regulated and Ryanodineregulated) are:
Answer
  • a) independent of each other;
  • b) one depot with two different channels;
  • c) dependent on the membrane potential.

Question 51

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What are the elastic properties of muscles?
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  • a) the ability to stretch;
  • b) the ability to return to initial size after a stretch;
  • c) the ability to contract.

Question 52

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In the living body all muscles maintain certain level of tension called tonus. During contraction this tonus will:
Answer
  • a) increase;
  • b) decrease;
  • c) stay the same

Question 53

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Why are smooth muscles (SM) called autonomous?
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  • a) because SM react to external stimuli;
  • b) because excitations can be generated within the SM tissue;
  • c) because SM can remain de-excited for long periods.

Question 54

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. Smooth muscle contraction is triggered by increased intra-cellular concentration of this type of ions: .
Answer
  • a) K+
  • b) Ca2+;
  • c) Na+

Question 55

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In the human body, smooth muscles are found in:
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  • a) most of the internal organs;
  • b) the skeletal muscles;
  • c) the pacemaking tissue of the heart muscle.

Question 56

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The structural muscle tissue found in arterial walls is of this type:
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  • a) phasic smooth muscle;
  • b) tonic smooth muscle;
  • c) striated muscle cells working in tandem with tonic smooth muscle cells

Question 57

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57. Is there a relationship between slow wave membrane potentials and the contractions in smooth muscle cells?
Answer
  • a) yes, slow waves are related with tonic contractions;
  • b) yes, slow waves are related with phasic contractions;
  • c) there is no relation between slow waves and contractions.

Question 58

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What is characteristic about the membrane potential of the stomach?
Answer
  • a) rhythmic fluctuations with low frequency and below threshold;
  • b) constant potential at rest;
  • c) depolarization reaching threshold once every second.

Question 59

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In smooth muscle cells, all intra-cellular factors that activate myosin light chain kinase (MLCK) will cause:
Answer
  • a) relaxation;
  • b) contraction;
  • c) neither
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