Chapter 10, Problem 4SC

You are training athletes for the 100-meter dash. They need muscles specialized for speed and strength, not endurance. What muscle characteristics would your training regimen aim to develop? How would you alter it to train a long-distance swimmer?

In a general sense, how do skeletal muscles produce movement?

Electromyography is a diagnostic test that measures the electrical activity within muscle fibers. _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________

What are the structural and functional differences between slow and fast muscle?

Figure 38.37 Which of the following statements about muscle contraction is true? The power stroke occurs when ATP is hydrolyzed to ADP and phosphate. The power stroke occurs when ADP and phosphate dissociate from the myosin head. The power stroke occurs when ADP and phosphate dissociate from the actin active site. The power stroke occurs when Ca2+ binds the calcium head.

At the gym Sean gets on a stair-climbing machine and climbs as fast as he can for fifteen minutes. At the end of that time he is breathing hard and his quadriceps and other leg muscles are aching. What is the physiological explanation for these Symptoms?

Which arrangement best describes a bipennate muscle? The muscle fibers feed in on an angle to a long tendon from both sides. The muscle fibers feed in on an angle to a long tendon horn all directions. The muscle fibers feed in on an angle to a long tendon horn one side. The muscle fibers on one side of a tendon feed into it at a certain angle and muscle fibers on the other side of the tendon feed into it at the opposite angle.