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NMS Set 3 Quiz - NMJ's, NMJ pharmacology and muscles.

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Question 1

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What two receptor types are found in abundance on the post synaptic membrane found at the NMJ?
Answer
  • Voltage gated sodium
  • nAchR
  • Voltage gated calcium
  • NMDA

Question 2

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What is the correct process of synaptic transmission?
Answer
  • Action potential received at pre-synaptic terminal -> Ca2+ entry due to VG Ca2+ open -> binds to synaptotagmin -> conformational change -> Ach vesicles fuse with pre-synaptic membrane.
  • Ca2+ entry -> Action potential produced -> Ach vesicles fuse with the pre-synaptic membrane.

Question 3

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When Ach binds to the post-synaptic membrane, the resting membrane potential of the muscle cell goes from -90mV to...
Answer
  • -20mV
  • +10mV
  • 0mV
  • -55mV

Question 4

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Binding of Ach causes production of an end plate potential. How does this end plate potential permit the subsequent initiation of an action potential?
Answer
  • The EPP causes voltage gated sodium channels to open which leads to an action potential being produced in the muscle cell.
  • The EPP causes voltage gated chloride channels to close which leads to an action potential being produced in the muscle cell.

Question 5

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Acetylcholine is recycled from the synaptic cleft as what two components?
Answer
  • Acetate
  • Choline
  • Chlorine
  • Acetyl

Question 6

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What enzyme reincorporates the two components of Ach back into Ach?
Answer
  • Cholineacetyltransferase
  • Acetylcholinetransferase
  • Acetylcholinesterase

Question 7

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After the initiation of an end plate potential and subsequent action potential, how does this action potential resulting in calcium efflux from the sarcoplasmic reticulum?
Answer
  • The action potential travels down T-tubules. A receptor called the DHP receptor (a voltage sensor) detects this voltage change and undergoes a conformational shape change. This conformational change leads to unplugging of ryanodine from the sarcoplasmic reticulum which allows mass efflux of calcium from the sarcoplasmic reticulum.
  • The action potential travels down T-tubules. A receptor called the DNP receptor (a voltage sensor) detects this voltage change and undergoes a conformational shape change. This conformational change leads to unplugging of ryanodine from the sarcoplasmic reticulum which allows mass efflux of calcium from the sarcoplasmic reticulum.

Question 8

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What is the function of the light chain of botulinum toxin?
Answer
  • The light chain binds to the pre-synaptic membrane at the point where neurotransmission is occuring. This causes the botulinum toxin to be up-taken into the pre-synaptic terminal.
  • The light chain is a protease which cleaves proteins that are fundamental for exocytosis of neurotransmitter to occur. This therefore means that exocytosis of neurotransmitter does not occur and the muscle remains paralysed.

Question 9

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What is the function of the heavy chain of botulinum toxin?
Answer
  • The heavy chain binds to the pre-synaptic membrane at the point where neurotransmission is occuring. This causes the botulinum toxin to be up-taken into the pre-synaptic terminal.
  • The heavy chain is a protease which cleaves proteins that are fundamental for exocytosis of neurotransmitter to occur. This therefore means that exocytosis of neurotransmitter does not occur and the muscle remains paralysed.

Question 10

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Very active muscle fibres are amongst the first to be affected by botulinum toxin.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 11

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Name a depolarising blocker of the NMJ
Answer
  • Tubocurarine
  • Pancuronium
  • Suxamethonium
  • Hexamethonium

Question 12

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Give two examples of non-depolarising neuromuscular junction blockers
Answer
  • Tubocurarine
  • Pancuronium
  • Suxamethonium
  • Hexamethonium

Question 13

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Anti-cholinesterases can cause suxamethonium-like properties in the synaptic cleft.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 14

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What are anti-cholinesterases used for treatment of myasthenia gravis?
Answer
  • Auto-antibodies that bind to nAchR's at NMJ's which are indicated in Myasthenia Gravis compete for the agonist binding site (Ach being the agonist). By using an anti-cholinesterase, you increase the amount of Ach present in the synaptic cleft which can out-compete the auto-antibodies for the nAchR binding site and thus reverse the inhibitory effects.
  • Auto-antibodies that bind to nAchR's at NMJ's which are indicated in Myasthenia Gravis compete for the agonist binding site (Ach being the agonist). By using an anti-cholinesterase, you increase the amount of Ach present in the synaptic cleft which can out-compete the auto-antibodies for the nAchR binding site and thus reverse the excitatory effects.

Question 15

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Although suxamethonium is a depolarising NMJ blocker, it is broken down more slower than Ach and therefore sustains depolarisation of the muscle cells, leading to fasciculations.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 16

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Suxamethonium leads to paralysis because the sustained depolarisation that it causes eventually leads to inactivation of VG Na+ channels.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 17

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Myosin heads have GTPase activity that can hydrolyse GTP to recock the myosin head.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 18

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What are the three main energy systems of muscle contraction?
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  • Phosphocreatine
  • Lactic acid
  • Oxidative phosphorylation
  • Substrate level phosphorylation
  • Glycogenolysis

Question 19

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Slow twitch fibres mostly take part in anaerobic respiration.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 20

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Phosphocreatine is broken down to get inorganic phosphate that can be used in ATP that partakes in muscle contraction.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 21

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Pumping of Ca2+back into the sarcoplasmic reticulum to aid in relaxation of the muscle fibre requires ATP.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 22

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A motor unit is...
Answer
  • A motor neurone that innervates severe muscle cell sarcomeres to produce co-ordinated responses
  • A group of motor neurones that innervate a single muscle cell each to produce co-ordinated responses

Question 23

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If there is a large force required for a muscle to carry out a task, would slow twitch or fast twitch fibres be used?
Answer
  • Fast twitch
  • Slow twitch

Question 24

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Recruitment of motor units describes what?
Answer
  • Increasing the number of motor units firing
  • Increase the frequency of motor units firing

Question 25

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Rate coding of motor units describes what?
Answer
  • Increasing the number of motor units firing
  • Increasing the frequency of motor units firing

Question 26

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Name some examples of neurogenic motor unit disease
Answer
  • Guillain-Barre syndrome
  • ALS
  • Duchenne muscular dystrophy
  • Dermatomyositis

Question 27

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Name some examples of myopathic motor unit diseases
Answer
  • Guillain-Barre syndrome
  • ALS
  • Dermatomyositis
  • Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Question 28

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Most treatment for ALS (motor neurone disease) is symptomatic.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 29

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ALS affects what part of the motor system?
Answer
  • Upper motor neurones
  • Lower motor neurones
  • Sensory neurones

Question 30

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What symptoms can ALS present?
Answer
  • Weakness
  • Wasting
  • Fasciculation
  • Cognitive decline

Question 31

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Guillain-Barre syndrome affects what aspects of the motor system?
Answer
  • Upper motor neurones
  • Lower motor neurones
  • Sensory neurones
  • Peripheral motor neurones

Question 32

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Guillain-Barre is due to cross-reacting antibodies that attack peripheral nerves.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 33

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How could you treat Guillain-Barre?
Answer
  • Plasma exchange to get rid of cross-reacting antibodies
  • Intravenous immunoglobulin to try to get rid of cross-reacting antibodies
  • Intraneurone injection to stimulate nerve regrowth

Question 34

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What is responsible for DMD?
Answer
  • The dystrophin protein which anchors intracellular actin to the muscle membrane.
  • A mutation in the dystrophin protein which leads to failed anchorage of intracellular actin to the muscle membrane.

Question 35

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DMD leads to muscle wasting and weakness.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 36

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Serum creatine kinase levels are an indicator of muscle damage in DMD.
Answer
  • True
  • False
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