Chapter 10

Practice Quiz

1. T F The endomysium surrounds each fiber as fascicles.

2. T F Acetylcholine is not required for all types of muscles to contract.

3. T F One action potential brings about the release of about 60 vesicles from the synaptic knob.

4. T F A single power stroke of a motor unit shortens the muscle by only 1%.

5. T F The further a skeletal muscle is stretched the greater its force of contraction.

6. T F Muscles always contract "all or nothing".

7. T F Treppe is an example where the "all or nothing" rule is broken.

8. T F Only 6 ATPs are released from anaerobic glycolysis.

9. T F Tone is proof that skeletal muscle is under voluntary control.

10. T F When muscles undergo hypertrophy the increase in muscle mass and also the number of fibers.

11. The molecule the allows muscles to contract for seconds to minutes is:
A. ATP
B.creatine phosphate
C. ATP plus creatine phosphate
D. none of the above

12. The substance formed during anaerobic glycolysis is:
A. ADP
B. ATP
C. lactic acid
D. CO2
E. ADP, CO2, and lactic acid are correct

13.The band(s) or zone which shorten during muscle contraction is (are):
A. I band
B. A band
C. H zone
D. A and C are correct
E. B and C are correct

14. The molecule that binds to actin is:
A. troponin C
B. troponin I
C. troponin T
D. tropomysin
E. Z disc

Match the following to fast or slow twitch skeletal muscle.

15.___ high strength

16.___ large sacroplasmic reticulum

17.___ myoglobin present                   A. fast twitch                                                    

18.___ high fatigue rate                      B. slow twitch

19.___ large blood supply

20.___ aerobic functioning

Match the following to skeletal, smooth, or caridiac muscle.

21.___ Striated

22.___ intercalated discs

23.___ gap junctions

24.___ voluntary

25.___ involuntary                     A. skeletal muscle

26.___ Ach inhibits                    B. smooth muscle

27.___ multiunit                        C. cardiac muscle

28.___ "Y" shaped                      D. smooth and cardiac

29.___ 1 T tubule                       E. skeletal and cardiac

30.___ erector pili

 

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