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- Which of the following is true? A. Muscle fibers either will contract with all the force possible under existing conditions or will not contract at all. B. Skeletal muscles can contract with varying degrees of strength given different circumstances. C. Muscle length does not have an effect on contractile strength. D. Metabolic condition of the myocyte does not have an effect on contractile strength.arrow_forwardWhich of the following statements best describes the sliding filament mechanism of muscle contraction? a. Actin and myosin filaments do not shorten, but rather, slide past each other. b. Actin and myosin filaments shorten and slide past each other. c. As they slide past each other, actin filaments shorten, but myosin filaments do not shorten. d. As they slide past each other, myosin filaments shorten, but actin filaments do not shorten.arrow_forwardDuring a concentric contraction of a skeletal muscle fiber, myofibrils a. lengthen. b. remain the same length. c. increase in diameter. d. shorten.arrow_forward
- When sarcomeres contract during muscle contraction, which of the following occurs? A. The myosin filaments lengthen. B. The myosin filaments "walk" along the actin microfilaments. C. The myosin filaments shorten. D. The actin filaments shorten.arrow_forwardWhich of the following could prevent skeletal muscle from contracting? Select one or more: a. Preventing calcium from surrounding myofibrils. b. Maintaining high levels of calcium around myofibrils c. Preventing sodium from entering a cell d. Allowing constant entry of sodium into a cellarrow_forwardThe plasma membrane of a skeletal muscle fiber is called thea. sarcoplasmic reticulum.b. sarcolemma.c. sarcoplasm.d. sarcomysiumarrow_forward
- In a skeletal muscle fiber, Ca2+ is released from a. ACh receptors. b. the motor end plate. c. the sarcoplasmic reticulum. d. the sarcolemma and T-tubules.arrow_forwardWhat role (function) does calcium have within a muscle fiber? a. trigger muscle potentials along t-tubules b. trigger contraction by causing the formation of cross bridges c. trigger exocytosis of ACh across the synaptic space d. trigger action potentials along axons e. open voltage gates within the sarcoplasmic reticulum 2. Which of the following are regulatory proteins that allow a muscle fiber to contract when calcium is present? (select all that apply) dystrophin troponin myosin tropomyosin actin 3. During this phase of an action potential, potassium ions exit the cell through voltage gated potassium channels. a. depolarization b. repolarization c. glycolysis d. cross bridge formationarrow_forwardWhich of the following is a microscopic feature of a skeletal muscle fiber? a. It contains multiple nuclei that are centrally located b. it contains myoglobin for oxygen storage c. it contains glycosomes for glycogen storage d. a and b e. b and carrow_forward
- Which of the following statements are true of the neuromuscular junction? (Read carefully and select all the correct statements.) A. A synapse is the space between two muscle fibers. B. Acetylcholine is released from vesicles in the sarcolemma. C. The axon terminal is the end of a sensory neuron. D. Acetylcholine makes the sarcolemma more permeable to calcium ions. E. Cholinesterase is an enzyme that destroys acetylcholine so that the impulse will continue at the same strength. F. The receptors for acetylcholine are in the sarcolemma.arrow_forwardWhich of the following is the site of calcium ion storage within muscles? a. T tubules b. sarcoplasmic reticulum c. actin filaments d. myosin filamentsarrow_forwardRigor mortis occurs following death because a. tropomyosin remains over the myosin binding sites of actin. b. myosin heads attach to actin and are not released due to lack of ATP. c. the myosin becomes misshapen. d. all of the Ca2+ remains within the sarcoplasmic reticulum.arrow_forward
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