You cut the axon of a single motor neuron innervating the biceps muscle. Which of the following is true? a. The biceps muscle will no longer be able to contract b. Only one muscle fiber in the biceps will be unable to contract c. All muscle fibers in the biceps innervated by that motor neuron will no longer be able to contract d. There will be no effect since each muscle fiber is innervated by multiple motor neurons

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2. You cut the axon of a single motor neuron innervating the biceps muscle. Which of the following is true?
a. The biceps muscle will no longer be able to contract
b. Only one muscle fiber in the biceps will be unable to contract
c. All muscle fibers in the biceps innervated by that motor neuron will no longer be able to contract
d. There will be no effect since each muscle fiber is innervated by multiple motor neurons

3. Which of the following will produce the LARGEST force of twitch contraction? Explain your answer.
a. Stimulation of all alpha motor neurons in a muscle
b. Stimulation of all alpha motor neurons plus all gamma motor neurons in a muscle
c. Both stimulations will cause a similar force of twitch contraction
 

4. A patient, like Ian Waterman, who has lost all muscle proprioceptor neurons. Which reflexes will be absent in
this patient?

5. You have found a new type of sensory neuron that senses ammonia. If this sensory neuron worked like the
sensory neurons we studied in class, how would it transduce ammonia into action potentials? Be specific when
describing the mechanism.
 
 
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